So much of science seems to be run on handshakes (peer review, IRB in this article), and from the outside it looks like they’re experiencing problems scaling.
There is a joke about science police in there, but it seems like a lot depends on the ethics of individual scientists and the institutions that support them.
Thank you Chinese scientists ! The so called medical ethics of western world are not universal and are essentially a reflection of Christian morality. Asians should not value these rules of ethics.
On the same day when it was announced, hundreds of Chinese scientists signed a petition requesting the CCP to immediately stop this cowboy [1][2]. That cowboy was detained within days, that was followed by public comments made by both the Chinese President and PM on research ethics. CCP also made it clear that the cowboy and other involved will be sentenced [3]. No "innocent until proven guilty" rubbish here, this cowboy is going to enjoy many years of tax payers covered prison meals.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 21.4 ms ] threadThere is a joke about science police in there, but it seems like a lot depends on the ethics of individual scientists and the institutions that support them.
On the same day when it was announced, hundreds of Chinese scientists signed a petition requesting the CCP to immediately stop this cowboy [1][2]. That cowboy was detained within days, that was followed by public comments made by both the Chinese President and PM on research ethics. CCP also made it clear that the cowboy and other involved will be sentenced [3]. No "innocent until proven guilty" rubbish here, this cowboy is going to enjoy many years of tax payers covered prison meals.
[1] http://zhishifenzi.com/depth/depth/4711.html [2] https://www.yicai.com/news/100067069.html [3] http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2019-01/21/c_1124020517.htm