Famed Duke expert on human dishonesty suspected of fraud

Manipulated data in study of truth and behaviour threatens career of popular TED Talk star Dan Ariely

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August 23, 2021
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August 23, 2021
Paul Basken
The famed academic Dan Ariely, of Duke University, has been accused of using fraudulent figures in some of his research
Source: Yael Zur
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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by A-S00024014 on August 24, 2021 - 1:47pm
It is very easy to become victim of one’s own success; addiction to it so strong any route to more and more of that success becomes irresistible. Anyone immune ? Basil jide fadipe.
#2 Submitted by WCox on August 24, 2021 - 6:15pm
Whether you’re a scientist or not, we love shooting ourselves in the foot. And the more ironic, the better. We seem to savor our internal contradiction. That observation tells us something significant about our cognitive malady. Or it should, anyway.
#3 Submitted by spuriousgeorge on August 24, 2021 - 11:41pm
Those who will closely with Ariely are not surprised by this at all. Like, at all.

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