At least ten thousand “research” papers were retracted by “academic” journals in 2023.
For context, there were about 1,000 retracted papers in 2013 and 4,000 in 2022. This doesn't mean the high level of fraudulence is new. But admitting it is very much out of character for The Parasite Class™ (although it does create the illusion that improvements are coming).
Professor Dorothy Bishop of Oxford University said: “People are building careers on the back of this tidal wave of fraudulent science and could end up running scientific institutes and eventually be used by mainstream journals as reviewers and editors. Corruption is creeping into the system.”
Her passive phrasing — insinuating this is a new trend with the potential to cause possible damage — is very, well… The Science™.
For the pandemic unbelievers, news like this is appreciated and feels validating. But, before anyone takes a bow, there’s another angle to consider.
You’re on the right side of history when you distrust for-profit science, technology, medicine, etc. However, much of the “medical freedom” crowd casually swallows whatever’s being sold by the scientists they happen to like or even know.
Take a good look around Substack to witness how many “experts” are making a pretty penny from skeptical [sic] subscribers who, well… trust Their Science™.
Why believe that studies the “good scientists” cite won’t also end up being retracted soon?
There’s a whole lot more to “free thinking” than trading one set of experts [sic] for another. Even when there aren’t corporate grants involved, “science” is always susceptible to a wide range of shortcuts, biases, limits, and falsehoods.
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"There’s a whole lot more to “free thinking” than trading one set of experts [sic] for another. Even when there aren’t corporate grants involved, “science” is always susceptible to a wide range of shortcuts, biases, limits, and falsehoods."
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