Interesting that Stanford found the 2009 paper "lacked vigor" and Genentech found no-one "reported observing or knowing of any fraud, fabrication, or other intentional wrongdoing in the research leading to and reported in the 2009 Nature paper." [0]
So basically the euphemism "lacked vigor" = "wasn't scientific" but since it wasn't "intentional" or "known" no-one can be blamed for it? Am I the only one who doesn't really care if bad science is intentional or fraudulent? They should be judged on their science, which was objectively dogshit, not on their morality, which is subjectively dogshit, but conveniently can't be judged by the relevant parties because everyone involved got amnesia.
Maybe I'm being too harsh but shadiness in public health really irritates me.
So basically the euphemism "lacked vigor" = "wasn't scientific" but since it wasn't "intentional" or "known" no-one can be blamed for it? Am I the only one who doesn't really care if bad science is intentional or fraudulent? They should be judged on their science, which was objectively dogshit, not on their morality, which is subjectively dogshit, but conveniently can't be judged by the relevant parties because everyone involved got amnesia.
Maybe I'm being too harsh but shadiness in public health really irritates me.
[0] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...