The staggering death toll of scientific lies
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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/368350/scientific-research-fraud-crime-jail-time
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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/368350/scientific-research-fraud-crime-jail-time
don@lemm.ee 1 month ago
tl;dr: Yeah, lots of people are killed because of fraudulence in the scientific community, but prosecuting scientists for their evil might create a chilling effect on progress which might kill many more people.
So human lives must be sacrificed for the sake of scientific progress? That seems to be what the article is implying, in not so many words.