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Originally Posted by Billy Tallent
Jones is guilty of a few things. Not being transparent enough is one, and using his connections in a less than honourable manner is another.
However, wrong and fraudulent are much more difficult cases to make, especially if you actually a) are at all familiar with the science and b) understand how science is done.
The editor-in-chief of Nature (the gold-standard in scientific research journals) is on the record as saying that he believes that while Jones has not been open and transparent, and has hidden behind jargon at times, he has not engaged scientific fraud.
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I stated it was my opinion, not unlike the editor-in-chief (albeit with a lot more credentials behind his opinion than mine!)
However, it is getting a
little hot in Jones's kitchen.