Bolder-dash writes:
Surely you are not also going to claim that because a guy lie and cheated, and was caught by a major university, and they actually did something about it, that this is a great badge of honor for the scientific community are you?
The events at Harvard are an example of the self correcting nature of science. It isn't possible for a researcher to hide things he makes up about the real world because other researchers will try to replicate his results and see if the real world really behaves as he claims.
What's interesting about this case is that it didn't even get to the point of failed attempts at replication. His own students turned him in.
It would be nice if religion would shut down their charlatans, like faith healers Peter Popoff and Benny Hinn.
--Percy