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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, science is great and has lead to several great advancements. Science is done by people.

People will lie, cheat, and steal.

Big little lies: a compendium and simulation of p-hacking strategies

In an academic system that promotes a ‘publish or perish’ culture, researchers are incentivized to exploit degrees of freedom in their design, analysis and reporting practices to obtain publishable outcomes [1]. In many empirical research fields, the widespread use of such questionable research practices has damaged the credibility of research results [2–5].

Wiley's 'fake science' scandal is just the latest chapter in a broader crisis of trust universities must address

A recent Retraction Watch investigation allegedly identified more than 30 such editors, and kickbacks of as much as US$20,000. Academic publisher Elsevier has confirmed its editors are offered cash to accept manuscripts every single week. The British regulator said in January that one unnamed publisher "had to sack 300 editors for manipulative behaviour".

AI Chatbots Have Thoroughly Infiltrated Scientific Publishing

At least 60,000 papers—slightly more than 1 percent of all scientific articles published globally last year—may have used an LLM, according to Gray’s analysis, which was released on the preprint server arXiv.org and has yet to be peer-reviewed

It's important not deify science instead realize that it has issues. We should address those issues to help science become the ideals that we want believe science to have.

Edit: Missed a word

[–] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Incompetence or Corruption, my favorite game show