He conducted research on humans, without their consent, and it may have involved children and deception. I sure hope this was institutional review board approved, as he has basically checked off all the high risk criteria that require a full board review and probably requires oversight to be considered ethical. If it was not, his paper should be withdrawn by the publisher, his university should sanction him and he should be ineligible for future government grants.
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He conducted research on humans, without their consent, and it may have involved children and deception. I sure hope this was institutional review board approved, as he has basically checked off all the high risk criteria that require a full board review and probably requires oversight to be considered ethical. If it was not, his paper should be withdrawn by the publisher, his university should sanction him and he should be ineligible for future government grants.