Biggest Junk Science of 2017 + Swedish scientists committed scientific misconduct

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The Biggest Junk Science of 2017
https://www.realclearscience.com/lists/b...ience.html

EXCERPT: In a perfectly logical world, where everyone has adopted science as a way of thinking, lists like this wouldn't be necessary. Unfortunately, as 2017 demonstrated, we're nowhere close to that world and may even be moving farther away. We saw countless cases where people insulted intelligence, ignored evidence, and abused reality. Yes, junk science is alive and thriving....

MORE: https://www.realclearscience.com/lists/b...ience.html

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Investigation finds Swedish scientists committed scientific misconduct
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08321-2

EXCERPT: Two Swedish scientists have been found guilty of "misconduct in research" in a paper that they published in Science1 and later retracted. Their highly publicized work had suggested that tiny particles of plastic in the ocean harm fish. The misconduct ruling was made by an investigative board from Uppsala University in Sweden, where the researchers work....

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[Syne]

Yep, science is much like fake news. You can't believe just anything without checking sources and vetting conclusions.

[RainbowUnicorn]

Investigation finds Swedish scientists committed scientific misconduct
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08321-2

EXCERPT: Two Swedish scientists have been found guilty of "misconduct in research" in a paper that they published in Science1 and later retracted. Their highly publicized work had suggested that tiny particles of plastic in the ocean harm fish. The misconduct ruling was made by an investigative board from Uppsala University in Sweden, where the researchers work....

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Univ...Settlement

On November 18, 2016 it was reported that Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle the two class-action lawsuits and the New York suit. The settlement was reached ten days before the San Diego class action was scheduled to go to trial. Of the $25 million, $21 million will go to the participants in the class-action suits, $3 million will go to New Yorkers not covered by the class-action suits, and a penalty of up to $1 million will be assessed by the state of New York for running an unlicensed university.

running an unlicensed university

fake university ?