Thomas Südhof and AI-powered weapons of micro-duplication
Thomas Südhof, victim of racist and sexist persecution, announced to retract a second paper, “even though the quantitative analyses and conclusions are correct”.
Tag: data manipulation
Journal of Molecular Liquids vs One-Man Papermills
Mu Yang catches two crooks, Ayman Atta and S Muthu, who flooded one Elsevier journal (and several others) with ridiculous hand-drawn fraud. Whom to believe, the peer review, or your own eyes?
A scientist of integrity and beyond reproach
“The Investigative Committee notes that the infractions to normal scientific conduct surveyed in this report were blatant and repeated. Dr. [XY] should be dealt with in a manner consistent to the flagrant nature of the misconduct and data manipulation.” 2004 Berkeley report, illegal in Germany
Bullies and Harassers of Cologne
“the professor insults her doctoral students, calling them “stupid”, “useless” or “retarded”, for example. She is said to sometimes require her employees to work more than 80 hours a week. The report speaks of a “quasi-feudal relationship of dependence” and a “climate of fear” at the institute in question.”
Top Italian Scientists
“You may think this is just a silly prank with zero impact on whatsoever, but no. […] this initiative is useful for something. It provides solid numbers for quantifying the extent of scientific misconduct in Italy and beyond” – Aneurus Inconstans
Italian Prosecutor orders seizure of Gabrio Bassotti reporting
“…request for preventive seizure made on 12.4.2024 by the Public Prosecutor in charge, concerning the article under indictment, still accessible on the website called forbetterscience.com, although it appears to have been removed from the blog.repubblica.it website (referred to in the indictment)…”
David Goltzman’s cowardice
“It is cowardly to be anonymous.
[…] This is harassment, for whatever benefit you will gain from this.
Please cease and desist” – David Goltzman
Texas Correctional Dirge
“My former and current lab members can attest that I have lectured the importance of scientific rigor and image rigor in our meetings several times each year.” – Andrew Z Wang
Sir Harry’s Full Withdraw
“First you are starting that this issue is fraud, which is a negative attitude. I always would like to give the other part the benefit of the doubt.” – Sir Prof. dr. Harry W.M. Steinbusch
MIT review closed and decision final
“MIT’s receipt and review of allegations of possible research misconduct by my office are treated as confidential under MIT and, to the extent applicable, federal policies. MIT does not intend to
disclose its receipt and review of these allegations to others. By the same token, you therefore may not disclose to others that you brought your concern to the VPR’s attention, or the outcome of MIT’s review of the concern.” Letter to Maarten van Kampen
For Better Science 