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The thrill of making genuine
discoveries is what makes science a worthwhile profession. There is no
thrill if you simply invent your data and that is why large scale fraud
remains rare in science even if small scale bending of the exact truth =
is
widespread, and occasionally forgivable if it speeds things along. <=
/o:p>
In today's biological scien=
ces
leading scientists are treated like pop stars. <=
/o:p>
Perhaps being a star is more
addictive than discovering new things.
Maybe we should go back to
treating scientists as professionals with a noble calling and leave them
off the celebrity list. Perhaps we need to think about what kinds of so=
cial
organization leads to a valuing of trust, and the intrinsic satisfactio=
n of
doing things well above all other considerations. Indeed, perhaps what =
we
need from science, even more than cloned cells, is an example of how to
live a good life. BY Harry Collins
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national ACS meeting 2008 April, New Orleans, LA<=
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Caitlin
checking her sample: It’s a quartz cuvette. Don’t drop =
it.
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Caitlin
at the SERMACS 2008 November, Nashville
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Steve
at the SERMACS 2008
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Albert r=
unning
electrophoresis
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Albert
at SERMACS 2008 November, Nashville
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Min-jung proudly bragging about her data
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Ashley
working at the Star-trek hood station.
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Chris
working with Scanning Electron Microsope
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