BillyOblivion comments on Rationality Quotes: March 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BillyOblivion 08 March 2011 08:08:31AM 0 points [-]

There is plenty of evidence.

Someone released a bunch of code, data and emails from the East Anglica CRU which showed that they had attempted to hide data from the british equivalent of a FOIA request, that their data processing code was of very questionable quality, that they had attempted to and were at least marginally successful at suborning the process of getting papers peer reviewed in several journals.

The whole issue is rather murky with both sides slinging a lot of mud, but it's clear that what most of us consider "good science" was not being done.

Comment author: RobinZ 08 March 2011 08:20:10PM 4 points [-]

That's the email hacking case? I don't believe that constitutes good evidence of bad behavior on the part of the scientists involved - most of the allegations were invented by taking bits of the emails out of context.