Fuck. These. People.
We put so much work making sure the analysis is right. Sweat the design, sweat the data collection, the consent forms, and dropped the studies where the result wasn’t there, as well as reporting null results. I specifically remember having to have a terrible conversation with a phd student that, after doing a power analysis, setting up a pilot study, and collecting enough data, we got p=0.054 on the relevant test. “Sorry, we can’t add additional participants; we can’t try a new analysis. We did the right thing and we should report a non significant result. It sucks.”
And these fuckers just go ahead and forge data to land TED talks?
Yes, let’s also have a conversation about incentives and the system. But individually, I reserve my sympathy for better people. Salt the earth they walk on, and rake them over coils. This is beyond reprehensible. Fuck. Them.