I find that rarely when a side has an “opposing side” that either side is reasonable
In this case, “misconduct happens” is not opposite to “it never happens” and I do not find the comments to echo the former sentiment as much as “Academia has become so ripe with either outright malice, or an inability to catch earnest mistakes, that virtually no research can be trusted.”
> No one here is trying to argue that it happens all the time or more often than not, I'm wondering if that's what you think we're reading.
No one is indeed arguing that, but what many, including me, are arguing is that nothing can really be trusted any more because it's a coinflip whether data is even reproducible.
No one here is trying to argue that it happens all the time or more often than not, I'm wondering if that's what you think we're reading.