Here is a reality check for all you "Researchers are honest" dreamweavers:
http://condensedconcepts.blogspot.ca/20 ... mment-formStudents need to learn skepticism. Furthermore, it needs to be modelled to them by their advisors.
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n particular, students should not just believe something because
- their advisor/supervisor believes it or tells them it is true
- it has been published, especially if it is in a luxury journal
- someone famous [or a group of famous people] claims it is true
- it is an exciting idea.------------------------------
Gee, I guess this condensed matter physicist is saying in kind language: "The Principle Investigator is corrupt, the most 'reputable' journals are corrupt, and the dudes who win prizes are corrupt"
Other than that, the scientific enterprise is working fine...LOL.
Outcast_Searcher is a fraud.