Timeline for Will a paper be retracted if a flaw in released software code invalidates its central idea?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Aug 7, 2019 at 22:04 | history | suggested | Kevin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
It looks like some of the OP's questions were accidentally copy-pasted to the end of this answer
|
| Aug 7, 2019 at 20:36 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S Aug 7, 2019 at 22:04 | |||||
| Aug 7, 2019 at 20:06 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @user111388 I think einpoklum is reluctant to admit that dishonesty sometimes pays. And yet, not admitting it would be its own form of dishonesty. So yes, you have a point. At the same time, it‘s reasonable to believe that honesty is the best overall policy (from a purely selfish point of view), in the sense that one will achieve more success in life by being a person who cares about honesty and is honest as a matter of principle, even if in some specific situations (like the retraction thing) deviating from this policy might benefit them. Maybe that’s the point einpoklum was trying to make. | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 19:27 | comment | added | user111388 | I agree. I ask because I understand your answer as "it is not only good for academi, but also for your career". | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 19:21 | comment | added | einpoklum | @user111388: TBH, I don't know. But there's more to academia than hiring committees. | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 18:20 | comment | added | user111388 | I am agreeing that this is how it should be. Absolutely, no question. I am doubting that this happens in practice. I would like to see references to that to become more optimistic! | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 17:47 | comment | added | einpoklum | @user111388: Because misleading the community about an invalid paper to maintain the credit for it is a grave offense. It's the retraction that doesn't/shouldn't matter. If you're saying that one can just misrepresent the paper to the hiring committee, I suppose that might be possible, but it's immoral and detrimental to the academic community in general. | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 17:02 | comment | added | user111388 | Could you explain, why? i was always under the impression that often hiring comitees would probably not notice or care about a single invalid paper (provided there are a lot of other good papers), while a redacted paper does smell strange because this happens not so often. Do you have other experiences with this? Or references? Moreover, why would someone not redact their invalid paper if this is beneficial for their career? | |
| Aug 7, 2019 at 16:26 | history | edited | einpoklum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 51 characters in body
|
| Aug 7, 2019 at 7:28 | history | answered | einpoklum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |