Scientific fraud
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) at 13:12, August 1, 2009. It may differ significantly from current revision.
Scientific fraud has always been a problem. People claiming to have discovered something, when they know they really haven't, have fooled many people many times (see history of science). Scientific fraud differs from scientific error, since the researcher knows his finding aren't actually supported by the available evidence.