Even the idea of fabricated data strikes serious academics as both absurd and profoundly offensive. A recent example involving survey research and a now-retracted Science publication (discussed here and here) serves as another regrettable reminder that, as I read somewhere, "In God we trust; all others bring data." If there is any silver lining to this sordid affair, it involves the scam's unraveling by graduate students seeking to replicate the original (bogus and discredited) findings.
UPDATE: Michael LaCour's response (here).
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