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OK, so this is funny.
Seems the American Society for Criminology had their annual meeting recently.
And they had a meeting on research integrity (which given all the recent fuss, makes sense).
After the panel, *the panelists hot-mic& #39;d themselves* in a subsequent discussion. https://twitter.com/JustinTPickett/status/1199481735337193472">https://twitter.com/JustinTPi...
Seems the American Society for Criminology had their annual meeting recently.
And they had a meeting on research integrity (which given all the recent fuss, makes sense).
After the panel, *the panelists hot-mic& #39;d themselves* in a subsequent discussion. https://twitter.com/JustinTPickett/status/1199481735337193472">https://twitter.com/JustinTPi...
And posted it to Youtube.
...then emailed it to hundreds of people.
...then left it up for several days.
...then took it down.
Hilariously bad A/V management, of course, and would normally just be a bit funny/embarrassing, and not at all my problem.
Except I& #39;m in it.
...then emailed it to hundreds of people.
...then left it up for several days.
...then took it down.
Hilariously bad A/V management, of course, and would normally just be a bit funny/embarrassing, and not at all my problem.
Except I& #39;m in it.
At 1.27 a voice says "They& #39;re going through and scanning issues of Criminology - the & #39;data thug& #39; people... Most of my colleagues got an email."
Categorical statement: no, we aren& #39;t. I have no enduring interest in your journal, and I haven& #39;t read a single article in the field ...
Categorical statement: no, we aren& #39;t. I have no enduring interest in your journal, and I haven& #39;t read a single article in the field ...
beyond those originally sent to me anonymously.
And I might add, that anonymous head-kicker obviously had a point, because the retractions are coming. https://twitter.com/DalmeetS/status/1199538187422429185">https://twitter.com/DalmeetS/...
And I might add, that anonymous head-kicker obviously had a point, because the retractions are coming. https://twitter.com/DalmeetS/status/1199538187422429185">https://twitter.com/DalmeetS/...
I& #39;m barely involved in this at all. And it wouldn& #39;t be scuttlebutt if I was - you& #39;d know. I& #39;m not coming through your back door. I& #39;ll walk right up to the front door and knock. I& #39;m highly nonymous.
So if people in criminology are emailing each other, you have two options:
(1) this isn& #39;t happening at all, and this is idle chatter
(2) this whole fuss has emboldened everyone who has problems in your research area to do something about it.
Let& #39;s assume it& #39;s (2).
(1) this isn& #39;t happening at all, and this is idle chatter
(2) this whole fuss has emboldened everyone who has problems in your research area to do something about it.
Let& #39;s assume it& #39;s (2).
Academic fields which are controlled by fiefdom become weak when the & #39;important people& #39; start protecting unlikely or indefensible work because it& #39;s produced by insiders. When it becomes acceptable to question that work - maybe it has now - the critical floodgates open.
My prediction is: there& #39;s a back-end network of people (probably junior people, ~postdoc/ass.pro.) who talk to each other about problems they see in the work they read, past and present, and they& #39;re highly dissatisfied with the whole thing. If they& #39;re asking questions ...
... anonymously (which is the only reason you might think they were me or @sTeamTraen) then that means they still fear the repercussions of calling out bullshit that they see. Still not a healthy environment, but progress IMO.
If that& #39;s what& #39;s happening here, good. Considering I *discussed the possibility of this only a month ago*, I& #39;m grimly satisfied up in here.
And get my name out of your mouth. I& #39;m not part of your drama.
https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/the-protraction-of-retraction-8a00ffc9b210">https://medium.com/@jameshea...
And get my name out of your mouth. I& #39;m not part of your drama.
https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/the-protraction-of-retraction-8a00ffc9b210">https://medium.com/@jameshea...
Thank you to @JustinTPickett for the link. This isn& #39;t the first time I& #39;ve heard misguided idle bullshit talked about me, and it won& #39;t be the last - but it is very informative to know what people are really saying.
