[RivieraKid]

What's your point?

[Koiwai]

Are you living in the fairy land? in the real world, Academic fraud is a thing.

[RivieraKid]

Please explain the benefit of faking the result of this paper and destroying your reputation.

[Koiwai]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranga_P._Dias#Controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruko_Obokata#STAP_cell_contr...

I don't really have an explanation other than they're simply crazy.

[RivieraKid]

In other words, you agree with my original point.

> And why fake it in the first place? I don't see the benefit.

[Koiwai]

You don't see, I don't see, but I believe they saw.

[tiborsaas]

What's the point with academic fraud at this level? If it's fraud, then what did they expect other than career suicide?