Taxacom: Science fraud - Nature

[Tony Rees]

Well, Stephen, since this is a debate with apparently no subject, I believe
my time would be better spent elsewhere :)

Regards - Tony


On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 15:00, Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

> Tony,
> I'm not sure what John is on about either ... probably just another
> biogeographer rant (sorry John!)
> However, John does raise some valid general issues, but nobody seems to
> like to discuss these issues. One such issue concerns the notion of
> "fraud", but I'm framing it as a funding issue. Is it fraud for a project's
> merits to be misrepresented to funders by applicants, or is it simply
> "worth a shot?" If a funded project's merits are subsequently found to have
> been misrepresented in an accepted  application, then should the funding be
> refunded? Do funders even care? Does anybody even care? These are,
> unfortunately, real issues.
> Cheers, Stephen
>