This is a paper from the next issue of Informavore's Sunday: "How Scientific Fraud Is Like Ponzi Finance:" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-scientific-fraud-is-like-ponzi-finance/2478 85/
A good idea, however I think nuanced thinking has to be applied. A financial criminal can do a few honest deals, a scientific (technical) fraudster can be sometimes a good researcher and can do useful work too- nothing is 100% evil. There exists honest errors, dishonest errors, partial lies, bicolor lies, semi-truths and semi-lies, etc. no replacement material (for good intentions- good for whom?) was found for the pavement of the way to Hell. In a word- Complexity! Peter -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
