The Bielefeld Conspiracy
“During your studies, it should be taught that, for example, you critically question your data, handle it transparently and immediately disclose weak points.” – Prof Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“During your studies, it should be taught that, for example, you critically question your data, handle it transparently and immediately disclose weak points.” – Prof Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
This war should have ended long ago, if only Ukraine received enough support. But the fascists in our midst are winning. We must fight fascism at home.
Schneider Shorts of 23.02.2024 – MDPI’s war on Ukraine, naughty Italian editor at Elsevier, Frontiers shocked by cartoon penis, with an attention-seeking Nobelist, a half-investigation in Bochum, Finnish thief and abuser in Denmark, and a fake lizard finally exposed.
“the rarest, most sought-after token of recognition is when the Chen brothers steal your identity to use as a fictive co-author on one of their plagiarism gallimaufreys. For instance, “Bunnitru Daleanu” was based on (and memorialises) the nonpareil Rumanian mathematician Dumitru Baleanu – now resident in Turkey” – Smut Clyde
Meet Mohammad Taheri, PhD, a humble PhD student in Jena, Germany, and his equally unremarkable Iranian associate Dr Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard.
Schneider Shorts 16.02.2024 – a doctor sacked for death of patients cures cancer in Austria, science with sell-by date, Italian geniuses cracking cancer, autism and Alzheimer’s, mass retraction of totalitarian science, an incomplete Frontiers retraction, and finally, a Ukrainian genius betrayed by Iranian friends.
“I am taking this step with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility for the university since a sufficient foundation of mutual trust no longer remained with some parts of the university to ensure successful cooperation”, – Simone Fulda
“These people are anti-Cassandras… they are optimistic and always wrong, receiving endless interviews about the censorship of their views, while their confident opinionation is always taken respectively by other Public Intellectuals because they are Serious People.” – Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 9.2.2024 – rector scandal exploding in Germany, Bik finds bizarre fraud in Harvard, Hannover secret divulged, English university sued and sentenced over fraud, Chinese money vs basic ethics, a Nobel correction, and finally, Tiwari’s new scam!
“Go and change the globe to a more positive future instead”