Marius comments on A Sense That More Is Possible - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Marius 08 April 2011 08:24:08PM 4 points [-]

How so? When scientists perform studies, they can sometimes benefit (money, job, or simply reputation) by inventing data or otherwise skipping steps in their research. At other times, they can benefit by failing to publish a result when they can benefit by refraining to publish. A scientist who is willing to violate certain ethical principles (lying, cheating, etc) is surely more willing to act unethically in publishing (or declining to publish) their studies.

Comment author: Desrtopa 08 April 2011 09:04:23PM 1 point [-]

Possibly more willing. They might be willing to sacrifice moral standards for the sake of furthering human knowledge that they wouldn't break for personal gain. It would still be evidence of untrustworthiness though.