[phonebucket]

While I agree that academic fraud is a blight upon academia, this comment generalises over many thousands of academics.

> _nobody_ cares about any of this. Universities don't care, journals don't care, peers don't care, nobody within the academic system cares.

Please be mindful about generalising over such a large number of people. Maybe those who care have little power to do anything about it.

[GauntletWizard]

Academia is far from a democracy, but it's far from being a totalitarian hellscape, either. Nobody gets that far without the significant consent of those around him.

Maybe somebody cares, but an awful lot don't.

[fidgewidge]

Yes, there are people who care. But they tend to get disgusted and leave, so I think it's fair to say that ~nobody in academia cares. We know they'll write open letters and organize outrage mobs at the drop of a hat if a conservative speaker is invited to campus, where is the similar behavior over scientific misconduct?

[getoffmycase]

People care. A lot people care very deeply. The problem is that those whose care powerless and there is no incentive to fighting the system. If we try, we risk our careers.