Harvard professor Francesca Gino was accused of faking data
I find it ironic that we have a reproducibility problem in many scientific disciplines, that we find that many notable scientists have been less than 100% honest in their research, that peer review fails to catch many of these errors, and still there are many people running around saying stupid bumper sticker slogans like “trust the science” and “I believe in science” and “95% of scientists agree…”<p>What we’ve learned is that scientists are human and they have all the human weaknesses and venality as any other group.  The practice of science in the modern day (publish or perish, beg for grants, non-blind peer review, financial conflicts of interest, politically charged university atmosphere) is rife with incentives to predetermine desired outcomes rather than let the chips fall as they may.  Individual scientists of course will fall all across the distribution of integrity.<p>I think the scientific method is one of, if not the greatest gifts the minds of the Renaissance gave us.  BUT I refuse to be browbeaten by priests in lab coats or their acolytes.  If you cite scientific papers in front of me trying to make a political case for a course of action, I will use my own judgment, informed by he paper as well as other factors like motivations and so forth.