OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > Let me be clear about this. I never heard Krivit state that that CF > scientists and researchers "lied" about their data in this interview. > I don't know about this interview, but I have heard him say that. McKubre and other researchers he accuses of lying have heard him say that too.
> It would not surprise me if Krivit as he went about performing his > investigations in preparation for NET#34 may have found himself on more than > one occasion privately entertaining speculation as to whether certain CF > scientists might have lied about the content of their data. > He entertains this speculation publicly, not privately. As far as I know, he expresses no doubt about it, any more than Robert Park does. Ask him! He is not shy about speculating or accusing people. I think he sincerely believes these people are lying. That being the case, there is nothing ethically wrong about him stating his opinion and no reason for him to hide or soft-pedal his views. (Not that he ever would.) By the same token, I am sure that someone at MIT fudged their data. I have never had any doubt about it, from the moment I saw the graph, because the points have been manually moved and added. No computer could have generated that graph. I have never hesitated to say this. It is not terribly important because the results were probably not significant anyway, and it was a half-assed experiment. But it is fraud. I think Krivit is incorrect, but he has a right to his opinion. I do not think he is causing much harm. I wouldn't worry about him. As I said he is "unhelpful" but no big deal. - Jed
