Forging, cooking, trimming, and riding on the bandwagon

Abstract

Recent accusations of scientific fraud have raised serious questions both for science policy and science itself. If experimental results cannot be trusted then science becomes virtually impossible. Four cases from twentieth-century physics are examined to see if the normal procedures of science provide adequate safeguards against fraud. I conclude that repetition of experiments, particularly for those of theoretical importance, does provide a sufficient safeguard.

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