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To: FJB who wrote (634005)	11/1/2011 10:13:53 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577188

Tilburg professor faked data in at least 30 academic publications ........................................................................................................................................... Dutch News 10-31-11 dutchnews.nl Tilburg and Groningen universities are to take legal action against one of their professors after an investigation showed he had faked research data in at least 30 scientific papers. The fraud is ‘considerable and shocking’, the committee set up to look into Diederik Stapel’s academic publications said in an initial report into the scandal on Monday. Stapel, who was a professor of social and behavioural sciences at Tilburg, was suspended last month after doubts emerged about research that concluded eating meat makes people anti-social and selfish. 2004 The investigation shows at least 30 academic papers submitted to respected scientific journals contained data that he had invented and there are doubts about several dozen more, the committee said. In total, statistics quoted in 150 papers dating back to 2004 when Stapel worked at Groningen University, are being examined. The investigation committee also accused Stapel of abusing his position by damaging the reputations of young researchers who worked with him. False statistical data was used in 14 out of 21 doctoral theses mentored by Stapel, the NRC said. Shame ‘Stapel has misused his partners for his own glory,’ committee chairman Pim Levelt said. ‘He lied to them. They can no longer take pride in their own publications and in some instances, will have to alter their cvs.’ In a written response to the allegations published on the Brabants Dagblad newspaper website, Stapels says he has ‘failed as a researcher and academic’. ‘I realize now that my behavior has stunned and angered my colleagues and put my area of expertise – social psychology – in a bad light,’ he wrote. ‘I am embarrassed and deeply sorry for this.’ Earlier research by Stapel, a frequent guest on television chat shows, found that a messy room makes people aggressive and beautiful people have better chances in life.

To: FJB who wrote (634005)	11/2/2011 1:56:03 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577188

Could there be any dumber people on the planet than wingers? The right’s preoccupation with Greenland In 2009, then-RNC Chairman Michael Steele was trying to argue that global warming isn’t true. As evidence, he said, “Greenland, which is covered in ice, it was once called Greenland for a reason, right?” In 2010, Sen. Ron Johnson, the strikingly dimwitted Republican from Wisconsin, also tried to make the case against climate change. After blaming higher temperatures on sunspots — a claim that still doesn’t make sense — Johnson added, “There’s a reason Greenland was called Greenland. It was actually green at one point in time. And it’s been, since, it’s a whole lot whiter now.” The preoccupation with Greenland continues in 2011. It snowed in New York this weekend, which can only mean one thing for many conservatives: Global warming is a hoax. Appearing on Fox Business on Friday night, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) agreed with host Eric Bolling’s assessment that scientists are getting “dumber,” saying, “We’re not as warm as it was when Greenland was really green.” He added, “I think it was the 1930s was the hottest year on record.” First, the warmest year on record was 2010. Second, even Koch-financed climate science shows that global warming is real. And third, will the right please get over this Greenland preoccupation? The place got its name from Erik the Red to make it sound more enticing to potential settlers. We’re talking about a global climate crisis. The Republican inability to debate above a third-grade level strongly suggests we’re doomed.