It just doesn't make sense to me otherwise, what am I missing?
99.9% of scientists didn't make a mistake. The remaining 12 might have made honest mistakes. That's the smallest problem we've ever had isn't it? Do 99.9% of people file their taxes perfectly or 99% of government employees get their expenses exactly correct? I doubt it. But somehow the FBI, the Inspector General, the NSF and Nature are all investigating and reporting publically. Why bother?
I'm cynical, maybe that's why the only reason I can think of is that it plays into a "China steals our tech" narrative.
I'd love some comparison figures for the 93% figure. What percentage of NSF grant holders got funding from China? What percentage of international funding for science comes from China (I bet that's a big number)?
What's the actual driver here? I very much doubt its fraud or espionage prevention because there doesn't seem to be any to prevent...
99.9% of scientists didn't make a mistake. The remaining 12 might have made honest mistakes. That's the smallest problem we've ever had isn't it? Do 99.9% of people file their taxes perfectly or 99% of government employees get their expenses exactly correct? I doubt it. But somehow the FBI, the Inspector General, the NSF and Nature are all investigating and reporting publically. Why bother?
I'm cynical, maybe that's why the only reason I can think of is that it plays into a "China steals our tech" narrative.
I'd love some comparison figures for the 93% figure. What percentage of NSF grant holders got funding from China? What percentage of international funding for science comes from China (I bet that's a big number)?
What's the actual driver here? I very much doubt its fraud or espionage prevention because there doesn't seem to be any to prevent...