• @FiniteBanjo
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    73 months ago

    The harder it is to reproduce the experiment the less likely you are to be caught, and in the meantime you get paid to live your dream job as a world renowned scientist. It’s the whole “fake it til you make it” scheme ever-present in every field.

    • @AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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      33 months ago

      So you mean a lot of people who do this take a lot longer to get caught? That makes more sense. Still seems pretty shortsighted.

      • @FiniteBanjo
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        13 months ago

        Not really, they get caught within a few years usually. It just takes a much shorter amount of time to get caught for a simple experiment than a more complicated one.