The story has a lot to recommend it: psychologist Dan Ariely, the author of a bestselling book on the behavioral science of dishonesty, retracts his study because the data was faked. No wonder it’s been picked up by the world’s media. Buzzfeed declared this “the latest blow to the buzzy field of behavioral economics.” Psychologist Stuart Ritchie, himself a scientist, wrote about the case under the headline: “Never trust a scientist”.
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Source: Phys.org