Fraud in science is a huge issue that we have no good mechanisms to address, and during a pandemic that has terrifying implications for our lives
@jamesheathers and my new piecehttps://www.sciencealert.com/ivermectin-study-controversy-is-a-huge-wake-up-call-for-fraud-in-covid-19-science …
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Some might say "that's bleak, Gid", to which I'd reply that there's been tons of fraud during COVID-19 and it's probably killed people and the scientific community still treats the whole thing as some sort of vague non-issue So yeh, bleak
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Don't we all?
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There are people, and those people are wonderful, but they tend to be unpaid volunteers who do this in their spare time. There is no career in checking errors in science, despite it being a vital thing that we desperately need more of
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Replying to @GidMK @MoriartyLab and
Aside from the one and only
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Well, I am unpaid. The work we do does not earn us money or awards or fellowships or tenure.
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It pays in hate mail and indifference, which sadly do not cover bills
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