I agree with you, science fraud is terrible. It pollutes and breaks the scientific method. Enormous resources are wasted, not just by the fraudster but also by all the other well meaning scientists who base their work on that.
In my experience no, most fraudsters are not evil people, they just follow the incentives and almost non-existent disincentives.
Scientist has become just a job, you find all kinds of people there.
As far as I know no-one goes to jail, worst thing possible (and very rare) is losing the job, most likely just the reputation.
In my experience no, most fraudsters are not evil people, they just follow the incentives and almost non-existent disincentives. Scientist has become just a job, you find all kinds of people there.
As far as I know no-one goes to jail, worst thing possible (and very rare) is losing the job, most likely just the reputation.