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And a prominent study on dishonesty was itself found to have fabricated data [1].

Like too much refined sugar, this is too much refined irony. What is going on?

1: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/08/gino-ari...




Don't lump in actual fraud with incorrect data analysis. The former is far more serious than the latter. In a long career, most scientists (even very good ones) will probably make mistakes in data analysis. Very few will commit outright fraud.


I'm drawing attention to the irony inherent in both these cases. To wit, a study on dishonesty suffering from dishonesty, and a study on rigor suffering from lack of rigor.

And sure, mistakes in data analysis are entirely possible. But there are lines to be drawn, always. Ariely and Gino, and now Protzko, Krosnick and company are not in the category of reasonable and honest mistakes.

On the other hand, even something with widespread effects such as the mess Excel created for genetics papers is not something that most people would find as deliberate sabotage.


As icing on the cake, one of the authors of the retracted study written about in Science is named Dr. Perfecto.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01749-9#Sec8


Well, they are experts on dishonesty....


But they were caught!

Wouldn't the best experts on dishonesty get away with it leaving others none the wiser?

Perhaps delichon's hypothesis of "dark matter" dishonesty (post above) should be considered seriously.




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