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The headlines bring news of another scientist (this time a physician-scientist) caught committing fraud, rather than science. This story is of interest in part because of the scale of the deception -- not a paper or two, but perhaps dozens -- and in part because the scientist's area of research,…
see jane in the academy: one by one. An interesting addition to the tenure dossier: a public talk on one's research. (tags: academia tenure) Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: "As a profession, is philosophy in a better or worse state than it was in 1997?" I think the philosophers quoted have…
Generating Ideas vs. Harshing Your Mellow « Off Our Pedestals LiveJournal as many-to-many communication where "big blogs" are one-to-many (and what that does to the dynamics of the conversation). (tags: blogosphere communication) Social Science Research News: Guest Post Friday - Coercion in…
This story, first brought to my attention by Drugmonkey, is something that I've been meaning to blog about since I first saw it. The reason, of course, should be obvious, given that my career is an example of the end product that the medical school described is going to be designed to produce: that…