Re: Scientific retractions on the rise.

[Guest guest]

To this day, people are still quoting Wakefield's " research " as

legitimate autism research.

Administrator

The number of retractions for published scientific articles is sharply on the

rise. I've written about this many times before but the trend is getting worse

rather than better. These bad studies are dangerous because they pollute the

body of scientific knowledge now and in the future because those studies will be

used as source material for other studies and likely will not be checked for

accuracy let alone redoing the experiments for fresh data sets. Those studies

will then go on to be used as source material in more studies with the errors

compounding each step of the way.

The medical studies can lead to people getting hurt or killed while other

studies can lead to government regulations and control, as that always works out

so well. The $1.7 trillion spent on regulation compliance already has really led

to a bang up economy.

I'm wondering how many of these people dummy up their studies in order to get

more government money or other research grants?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/rise-in-scientific-journal-retractions\

-prompts-calls-for-reform.html?_r=1