Nobel Prize winner Gregg Semenza tallies tenth retraction (2023)

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:57 PM UTC

empath-nirvana wrote: post #69

Retric wrote: post #44

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No, experiments showing a fixed speed of light came first. Ex: 1887 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson–Morley_experiment It’s a critical point people miss. Rather than come up with his ideas in a vacuum Albert Einstein instead was trying to explain some results which seemed really counterintuitive. He made many other predictions which where tested afterwards. People also repeated the speed of lights tests in new…

Yes, I know that. What was proved by experiment later was the _consequences_ of a fixed speed of light that he worked out. (ie: time dilation, etc)

Post by tomlockwood » Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 6:05 AM UTC

manquer wrote: post #5

tomlockwood wrote: post #3

Remember the Sokal Hoax and Sokal Squared? Turns out that STEM also has all those problems. For profit universities pushing academics to "publish or perish" are the real enemies here, for all disciplines.

Publish or perish and other academic pressures are hardly unique to for profit or even non profit universities, even Government institutions have similar incentive models to get tenure or other advancements, it seems pretty universal ? Do you know of a study or citation about any academic research quality/quantity challenges that are found at a higher rate in for profit / non profit private institutions ?