The Harvard professor and the bloggers
When Francesca Gino was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it inflamed a crisis in behavioral science.
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When Francesca Gino was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it inflamed a crisis in behavioral science.
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Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?
Imagine you were undergoing a programme of uncomfortable and unpleasant, but necessary, exercise and dietary changes to improve your health and found yourself slightly ahead of schedule, though some distance from your target. You sit down with your doctors and give them the good news: I’m doing better than planned, though I still need to lower my blood pressure to healthy levels and it’s going to be tough to get there. How would you react to a doctor whose response was to crack open a pack of Malboro reds, slide a triple-cheeseburger and fries across the table and offer you a chocolate mil...