Put this in chat last evening, but probably deserves a thread.

A great article on fraud in science…well, psychology :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/diederik-stapels-audacious-academic-fraud.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0

An amazing story. Experiments weren’t just having their figures fudged, in some cases the experiments weren’t even carried out.

Yes, this isn’t a new story – broke a couple of years ago and certainly was reported last year.

(Not a criticism, just thought I’d heard it before – thanks for the link).

Some more.

“Joachim Boldt (born September 29, 1954) is a German anesthesiologist who used to be considered a leading researcher into colloids. He has been stripped of his professorship and is under criminal investigation for possible forgery of up to 90 research studies”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Boldt