[cycomanic]

Is that the correct conclusion to draw? I mean there are definitely big problems on how we conduct and fund scientific research (which might also contribute to fraud), but the number of research scandals is a tiny fraction to the amount of research being done.

Considering that we get fraud every time we have humans and prestige money, I would really like to see some statistics against other things human activities. I suspect science still has some of the lowest fraud rates and the strongest mechanisms to detect and deal with it.

[P_I_Staker]

The problem is a tiny percentage gets any attention whatsoever. It's the same with police and doctoral abuse. These things are hugely prevalent with 30-80% of professionals engaging in some form of abuse... same with fraud.

People know about police abuse. We don't talk about doctor abuse. I'm honestly not confident that there's any police/doctors that don't engage in abusive practices (or it's a tiny percentage of the population).