Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on deliberate fraud
Welcome to science folks. Having worked a decade around a campus regularly sitting in on presentations (and being in research myself) I can say I believe 80% of science wrong AND not reproducible, 10% being an outright fraud (10% being legit).<p>Highly recommend this book to discuss why: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Rigor-Mortis-Science-Worthless-Billions&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0465097901" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Rigor-Mortis-Science-Worthless-Billio...</a><p>It all comes down to incentives.<p>(1) As a researcher you lose funding m if you don’t produce<p>(2) funds aren’t allocated to reproduce<p>(3) Researchers who publish will block research that disagrees with their work (as they’re also reviewers) (will lose future funding &#x2F; have more competition)<p>(4) Researchers wont rescind their work if later findings warrant it (no incentive to)<p>(5) N numbers are way too low (higher N is more money)