Fraud Quote by Peter Medawar

the biggest ever scientific fraud

— Andrey Kapitsa

The journals want the papers that make the sexiest claims. And scientists believe that the way you succeed is having splashy papers in Science…

— Michael Eisen

As science becomes more specialized, it becomes harder for scientists to check each other, which makes it easier to get away with fraud.

— Alex Boese

The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as…

— John Desmond Bernal

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial…

— Johnny Ball

“Pseudoscience is almost always recognizable from a distance, and easy to confirm on close examination. Science is, however, not immune from hubris, and bad…

— K Lee Lerner

“when scientific research focuses on a potential hazard that may affect the population at large, researchers themselves, regulatory agencies, advocacy groups, and journalists reporting…

— Geoffrey C Kabat

Unfortunately, there is something of a flaw in this idealized picture of the way the scientific community discovers truth. And the flaw is that…

— James Surowiecki

Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it.

— Naomi Oreskes

Science today is locked into paradigms. Every avenue is blocked by beliefs that are wrong, and if you try to get anything published by…

— Fred Hoyle

Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man. A criminal…

— Brendan I. Koerner

If it is too good to be true…it is probably a fraud.

— Ron Weber