[Tradewinds]

There is an organization called: Office of Research Integrity. It checks the integrity of scientific publications. Scientific publications are using fabricated information all the time.

Wall Street Journal: Scientific Studies

[SpideySense]

Originally Posted by Tradewinds »

There is an organization called: Office of Research Integrity. It checks the integrity of scientific publications. Scientific publications are using fabricated information all the time.

Wall Street Journal: Scientific Studies

That's generalizing a lot (all the time).

Most research that's messed with is done for financial gain. So the classic example is research to justify a drug's efficacy. And everyone seems to be getting better at spotting that one.

The other classic is where someone has strong ego in it or some psuedo-moral belief and the research that 1000s of often ignorant but frequently anti-scientific families have used to justify not vaccinating their children is the supposed link that was shown between vaccinations and autism. Result article withdrawn and I believe the researcher struck off but semi-hippy new age communities don't know and thus have reduced herd immunity to key childhood diseases.

In each case science is the solution. Science demands peer review and that research be repeatable. So, while newspapers swing from one side to the other, scientists test and retest hypothesis's to determine the currently most valid theory. And testing offices are also a good idea though especially where financial interests or strong political/religious/ego interests might be involved.

Falsifiability is what makes science good - and progress possible.



Anyone notice the recent experiment showing neutrinos travelling from Switzerland to mid Italy faster than the speed of light. If it proves true and repeatable it might invalidate special relativity and perhaps make time travel possible. Very cool. But the thing about science (as opposed to politics or religion) is that it will be tested, and tested hard. In the end we'll get an improvement in current knowledge.

[bobcollett]

Originally Posted by SpideySense »

That's generalizing a lot (all the time).


Anyone notice the recent experiment showing neutrinos travelling from Switzerland to mid Italy faster than the speed of light. If it proves true and repeatable it might invalidate special relativity and perhaps make time travel possible. Very cool. But the thing about science (as opposed to politics or religion) is that it will be tested, and tested hard. In the end we'll get an improvement in current knowledge.

Hi SpideySense
And I thought I was the only one watching these neutrinos.!!
And if proven true , it will be the greatest breakthrough since the combustion engine.
And Goldman Sachs will be able to frontrun even faster.
But getting back to Tradewinds post.............

Hi Tradewind
Are you suggesting that trading info. is false?
Regards
bobc