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Faked data in science + Robert F. Kennedy Jr's rampant lies taken from a conversation - C C - Jun 30, 2023
Can you trust a Harvard dishonesty researcher?
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/6/29/23777337/harvard-dishonesty-research-fraud-francesca-gino-dan-ariely
The hard problem of faked data in science.
INTRO: Francesca Gino is a Harvard Business School professor who studies, among other things, dishonesty. How often do people lie and cheat when they think they can get away with it? How can people be prompted to lie or cheat less often?
Those are some great questions. But it’s been a rough few years for the field of dishonesty studies because it has turned out that several of the researchers were, well, making up their data. The result is a fascinating insight into dishonesty, if not the one that the authors intended... (MORE - details)
My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/my-conversation-with-robert-f-kennedy
Paul Offit: Twenty years ago, I had a one-hour conversation with RFK Jr. In his current campaign for president, he has referred to that conversation during public appearances. It’s time to set the record straight.
[..] Soon after our conversation, on July 14, 2005, RFK Jr. published an article in Rolling Stone that also appeared on the website, Salon.com. It was titled “Deadly Immunity.” Kennedy had sandbagged me. According to the article, I was part of a group of government agents and industry insiders that had "colluded with Big Pharma to hide the risks of thimerosal from the public."
The article was full of misstatements... (MORE - details)