Not just this exact event, but dishonest research has been around probably a long a modern science has. Sure there are ignorant people who don't trust anything, but there are also those of us who have published articles who become increasingly more skeptical of everything whenever we see these bad faith studies pop up.
thekevlarboxers t1_j0dcq1n wrote
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Not just this exact event, but dishonest research has been around probably a long a modern science has. Sure there are ignorant people who don't trust anything, but there are also those of us who have published articles who become increasingly more skeptical of everything whenever we see these bad faith studies pop up.