• @BillDaCatt
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      327 months ago

      It’s because writing research grants, getting them approved, and publishing papers on that research has become more about getting the money and less about producing quality results.

      https://youtu.be/LKiBlGDfRU8

      • @Eheran
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        57 months ago

        But now he will never get money again…?

        • @conquer4
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          17 months ago

          Change name or use pseudonym, rinse and repeat.

          • @Eheran
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            67 months ago

            Sure, because there are millions in that field and nobody will remember him? This is a niche, extremely specific science field. They all know each other at a certain level.

            • @conquer4
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              37 months ago

              Money and grants don’t come from your peers, unless there’s a physics gofundme I don’t know about.

              • @inspxtr
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                27 months ago

                but don’t grants get reviewed by peers?

    • @[email protected]
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      77 months ago

      The harder it is to reproduce the experiment the less likely you are to be caught, and in the meantime you get paid to live your dream job as a world renowned scientist. It’s the whole “fake it til you make it” scheme ever-present in every field.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          Not really, they get caught within a few years usually. It just takes a much shorter amount of time to get caught for a simple experiment than a more complicated one.