Ever wonder why science -- the disinterested pursuit of empirical knowledge of the natural world -- has such a bad reputation among the public name these days? Read this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/18/bad-science-medical-ghostwriters
Here's a teaser: "A commercial medical writing company is employed by a drug company to produce papers that can be rolled out in academic journals to build a brand message. After copywriters write the articles, in collaboration with the drug company, to their specifications, the ghostwriting company finds some academics willing to put their names to them, perhaps after modest changes." The solution to this problem is easy enough. Fire any scientist who does this from his or her university position as a fraud. Of course, it will never happen. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5137 or send a blank email to leave-5137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
