August 26, 2024 article in Vox.
Whether through intentionally falsifying data or through negligence, many instances of scientific fraud have led to hundreds of thousands, potentially even millions of unnecessary deaths. Should the researchers behind these fraudulent studies be held accountable?
“While technically some scientific fraud could fall under existing statutes that prohibit lying on, say, a grant application, in practice scientific fraud is more or less never prosecuted.”
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