Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns after student investigation

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/stanford-president-marc-tessier-lavigne-resigns-18208987.php



Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he will resign following allegations he committed scientific research misconduct. An investigative report released by a university special committee concluded that while he “did not personally engage in research misconduct for any of the twelve papers about which allegations have been raised … several of these papers do exhibit manipulation of research data.”

An investigation by Stanford Daily, the university’s student newspaper, last year alleged that a number of papers co-authored over the past few decades by Tessier-Lavigne — a neuroscientist — contained potentially altered images, spurring the university investigation.

“Although the report clearly refutes the allegations of fraud and misconduct that were made against me, for the good of the University, I have made the decision to step down as President effective August 31,” Tessier-Lavigne said in a statement released Wednesday. “The Panel’s report identified some areas where I should have done better, and I accept the report’s conclusions.”

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Good demonstration of why the scientific community is generally very reliable

Because if you fuck around (not saying he personally did), people will find out, and people who mess up ... then get kicked to the curb.

This is why we have peer-review and provides a great example of the strict standards in play in the research/scientific realm.

NO individual scientist is going to be perfect, but the community as a whole holds one another to very high standards.

Which is why it's so freaking ridiculous and infuriating to see dumbshit climate deniers insinuating that ALL the world's climate scientists are conspiring in a giant conspiracy so they can get their hands on the filthy lucre.

It's a fucking joke but it's not funny, at all.