How should scientists react to having the U.S. government
or any government censor ("redact") published scientific
reports? Well, start thinking about it because there are
two papers that were submitted to the journal Science that
the U.S. government wants censored, that is, details removed
which would prevent others from duplicating the work; for
one media account, see:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/us-birdflu-usa-censorship-idUSTRE7BJ1O720111220
Now, I can appreciate the government's concerns in the
case of manufacturing bird flu and making sure that only
the "right" scientists have access to the details for
reproducing the virus but one has to wonder if politicians
might want to apply similar tactics to social/behavioral/psychological
research and not just to methodological details but including
certain results and conclusions that may clash with certain
beliefs.
-Mike Palij
New York University
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