Last week's episode was called Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?

We heard about the alleged fraudsters, we heard about the whistleblowers, and then a lawsuit against the

whistleblowers.

My very first thoughts were like, oh my God, how's anyone going to be able to do this again?

We heard about feelings of betrayal from a co-author who was also a long-time friend of the accused.

We once even got to the point of our two families making an offer to a

developer on a project to have houses connected to each other. We also heard an

admission from inside the house that the house is on fire.

If you were just a rational agent acting in the most

self-interested way possible as a researcher in academia I think you would cheat.

That episode was a little gossipy for us at least. Today we are back to Wonke but but don't worry, it is still really interesting.

Today we look into the academic research industry, and believe me, it is an industry. And there is misconduct everywhere from the universities.

The most likely career path for anyone who has committed misconduct is a long and

fruitful career.

Because most people, if they're caught at all, they skate.

There's misconduct at academic journals,

some of which are essentially fake.

There may be something that sounds a lot less. some of which are essentially fake.

There may be something that sounds a lot less nefarious

than what I just described,

but that is actually what's happening.

And we'll hear how the rest of us contribute,

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