http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/08/03/are-we-all-seeking-truth-even-science-is-far-from-it/ exploring high-performance soot and other interesting polymers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/08/03/are-we-all-seeking-truth-even-science-is-far-from-it/#comment-4176 alex Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:17:30 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/08/03/are-we-all-seeking-truth-even-science-is-far-from-it/#comment-4176 <p>So true. I observed several sensational papers in Nature and Science which appeared to be completely wrong just few years later. It become increasingly easy to make big (and not really confirmed) claims in those journals, of couse only for some priviliged people. However it is almost impossible to publish any comment which cast doubts on those claims and if these claims are retracted (not so aften) it is done very low tone, so low that most of people are not aware of retractions for several more years. In most of cases the claim is not at all retracted, just...it is not reproducible for unknown reasons by anyone after. Who cares if people published those claims already got their grants, promotions, chairs and departments. Science is business for too many scientists and what is the most inportant in business? Profit taking...oh God...</p> So true. I observed several sensational papers in Nature and Science which appeared to be completely wrong just few years later. It become increasingly easy to make big (and not really confirmed) claims in those journals, of couse only for some priviliged people. However it is almost impossible to publish any comment which cast doubts on those claims and if these claims are retracted (not so aften) it is done very low tone, so low that most of people are not aware of retractions for several more years. In most of cases the claim is not at all retracted, just…it is not reproducible for unknown reasons by anyone after. Who cares if people published those claims already got their grants, promotions, chairs and departments.
Science is business for too many scientists and what is the most inportant in business? Profit taking…oh God…

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