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Comment author: wedrifid 03 October 2012 09:57:47PM 4 points [-]

Possible reasons for a scientist to be fraudulent is glory and fierce competition (which is usually for jobs and grants).

I like to include 'money' in lists regarding motives for fraud too. There is plenty of that floating about in (certain kinds of) science.

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