Comments on: Laboratory Confidential http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-43077 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:11:21 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-43077 Tom, the lab director would say you can't publish everything. To which I would say: Is it misleading to not publish the unusual artifact? Yes. Tom, the lab director would say you can’t publish everything.

To which I would say: Is it misleading to not publish the unusual artifact? Yes.

]]> by: Tom http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42791 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:33:56 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42791 A lie of omission is a lie. A lie of omission is a lie.

]]> by: michael vassar http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42540 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:05:29 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42540 or a Nobel Laureate thesis adviser who actually cares, you know. or a Nobel Laureate thesis adviser who actually cares, you know.

]]> by: michael vassar http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42539 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:05:01 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42539 I think that modern tenure track is simply too competitive for anyone who isn't destructively competitive to have a chance unless they start with a huge advantage, like say having a half dozen + papers as an undergrad. I think that modern tenure track is simply too competitive for anyone who isn’t destructively competitive to have a chance unless they start with a huge advantage, like say having a half dozen + papers as an undergrad.

]]> by: For those who like to ponder about research ethics « Entertaining Research http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42441 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:54:46 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/12/laboratory-confidential/#comment-42441 [...] For those who like to ponder about research ethics Here is a quote from one of Seth’s post: We had an interesting result in a study we did. Accompanying this result was an unusual artifact. It is my impression that my director did not want to publish our good result because she was hesitant to admit that we observed this unusual artifact. I believe that the unusual artifact could negatively impact the use of fMRI to investigate pharmacological drugs that affect the brain — a big research market. It is not a lie to not publish a result. However, I don’t like not being able to speak frankly about the implications of a result. [...] […] For those who like to ponder about research ethics Here is a quote from one of Seth’s post: We had an interesting result in a study we did. Accompanying this result was an unusual artifact. It is my impression that my director did not want to publish our good result because she was hesitant to admit that we observed this unusual artifact. I believe that the unusual artifact could negatively impact the use of fMRI to investigate pharmacological drugs that affect the brain — a big research market. It is not a lie to not publish a result. However, I don’t like not being able to speak frankly about the implications of a result. […]

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