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Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-it-first-you-don't-succeed-make-it-up dept.

Attila Dimedici writes "A professor at Tilburg University has been caught using fake data in over 30 scientific papers. Diederik Stapel's latest paper claimed that eating meat made people anti-social and selfish. Other academics were skeptical of his findings and raised doubts about his research. Upon investigation it was discovered that he had invented the data he used in many of his papers and there is a question as to whether or not he used faked data in all of his published work."

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  1. Re:But, but, but by Dishevel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can we please for the love of God and the Internet (With both all things are made possible.) have a real internet standard SarcMark?
    How can we live with ourselves?
    Thousands of innocent stupid people and those who can not take the time to comprehend before posting are being ridiculed every day.
    I think instead of what all the others are saying, Just so it is not missed, We should bring back in all forums, blogs and comments ....

    The Blink Tag

    *Ducks*

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