Looks like a suvey is shedding some light on some scientists that cook the results every now and then. This is a statment that struck me:
Nearly 13 percent of those who responded said they'd overlooked "others' use of flawed data or questionable interpretation of data," and nearly 16 percent said they had changed the design, methods or results of a study "in response to pressure from a funding source."
That means a third of the scientists surveyed either cover the asses of their colleagues even if they are wrong or they mess with the results when the money men put the squeeze on them. That is kind of a sobering statistic.
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