Many Scientists Admit Unethical Practices 610
jangobongo writes "A surprising number of scientists engage in questionable research practices says a story at the Washington Post. According to a large-scale survey of scientific misbehavior, 15% admit to changing a study under pressure from a funding source. Other reasons for altering data include dropping data from a study based on a gut feeling and failing to include data that contradicts one's own research. This chart gives a quick rundown of the percentage of U.S. based scientists who reported having engaged in questionable research practices according to the survey."
so (Score:4, Funny)
I want my mommie.
Ethics (Score:5, Funny)
I've got one thing going for me! (Score:5, Funny)
This was an undergraduate ornithology project that was supposed to take six weeks, according to my advisor. Every professor I've told about it since then has said, that's graduate level at least...
I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Most Famous Unethical Scientist (Score:5, Funny)
In truth he just liked the attention of hanging out with Ginger, the movie star and Maryanne, the girl next door.
Is there any way... (Score:4, Funny)
Don't listen to this. (Score:5, Funny)
Quote board at Northwestern... (Score:3, Funny)
Dr. Strangelove... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Most Famous Unethical Scientist (Score:5, Funny)
He could have fixed the boat anytime he wanted...but then they would have gone back to civilization, where he was just a nerdy little nobody.
On that island, the Professor was God.
Re:Is there any way... (Score:2, Funny)
Please mod the parent as a troll. Thank You.
More proof that evolution is bullsh*t (Score:0, Funny)
God is the only Truth, people. And until our constitution is amended to set this in stone, we will ALL be under threat of the whims of the unethical, godless special interest groups. This simply CANNOT BE ALLOWED.
Re:Fortunately... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Most Famous Unethical Scientist (Score:3, Funny)
My vote's for Professor Farnsworth:
Re:I've got one thing going for me! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fortunately... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, religion doesn't change as much as it forks.
Understand science better... (Score:2, Funny)
And we should trust these numbers? (Score:5, Funny)
Reached for comment, the researchers admitted that the actual number was 9%, but they felt some scientists were not willing to admit their wrong-doing, and their editor wasn't going to publish the story unless the number was at least 15%.
Re:Fortunately... (Score:3, Funny)
Eventually. You gotta admit that having the earth open up and swallow those who get it wrong is a lot quicker method of getting the right result though.
Re:The study used loaded questions (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Most Famous Unethical Scientist (Score:1, Funny)
Much of the Skipper's anger towards Gilligan is due to his own inability to repress his sexual urges. When he copulates with Mrs. Howell, he comes to hate himself for what he has become. He is disgusted by his behavior, always vowing to never fornicate with her again, but in the end he cannot control his male sexual nature. Gilligan represents all that he can never be: a celibate, monastic existence, free from all of the trials of adult life. He is like Peter Pan, transcending his finite nature, unconcerned with the trivialities of primal sexual urges, embracing that which lies beyond the trivialities of the human fixation on sex: the infinite.
The Professor never views Gilligan as a threat, so he is always quite nice to him. Notice how the entire show is an allegory for man's relation to nature. When cast back into this primal environment, the man who is focused on the now, and the man who is focused on the eternities, is able to thrive. In this way, both the Professor and Gilligan are able to adapt readily to the environment, despite being on opposite ends of the spectrum. It is those who are unable to cope with their nature who are driven mad. The Skipper represents the existential condition of the modern, unenlightened man. He lies between the degenerate excess of the Professor's sexual adventures and the refined intellectualism of Gilligan's silent philosophical queries. Wanting to deny his human fixation on sex, but unable to comprehend his nature as a finite being, he comes to lay in a form of limbo, never embracing the transcendent, always face to face with the utter banality of his existence.
In the end of each episode, Gilligan ends up destroying whatever replica of civilization that has been constructed. Note that the Professor is generally annoyed, but definitely not on the level of the Skipper. The Skipper is driven insane by his doubts, and wishes to get off the island at all cost. He is too weak to face who he is, and unwilling to accept his position in the world. Gilligan gives off the air of it all being an accident, but deep down he is trying to teach them something; and by extension, teaching all of us an important lesson. That we do not have to become fixated on human qualities, on sexual primacy, on the cult of civilization. That by denouncing our material desires, we can come to a fuller spiritual life, one where we become closer to God, intertwined with the eternities, to live forever in the hearts and minds of humanity.
And besides, I bet Mary Ann gave some awesome blowjobs.
The irony (Score:3, Funny)
In other news, the scientists who conducted the survey are now admitting they fabricated the survey results.
Re:The study used loaded questions (Score:2, Funny)
Reminds me of one of Mitch Hedberg's bits:
"They asked me a lot of questions, but they were worded funny, like, 'Have you ever tried sugar...or PCP?'"
Good ol' Mitch, he is missed.
Re:Ethics (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fortunately... (Score:2, Funny)
What....Too soon?
(To anyone who might be offended, I mean no offense...It's just a joke!)