The Data Colada Investigation: Is It Legit?

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In the genome case, it looks like somebody really did collect the data. They're from real people, but then that the data were tampered with. The fact that Harvard seems to have decided, yeah, this is legit, makes me think that these things that they're talking about in the blog as potential indicators of fraud did end up actually being indicators of fraud.

A VBW exclusive report! For years David and Tamler have been a little dismissive of fears about cancel culture in academia but now the SJWs have come for one of our own! We welcome back Yoel Inbar to talk about his experience applying for a position at UCLA psychology only to have his candidacy pulled at the last minute because of remarks he made on his podcast (!) about diversity statements. What does this mean for freedom of expression in academia? Should we advise our students and younger faculty to watch what they say when it comes to politically charged topics? Are they really going to start combing through podcast episodes now – is nothing sacred?

Plus another case of fraud in psychology comes to light courtesy of the Data Colada guys.

Data Colada post about Gino fraud