One could argue that this type of behaviour is worse than doping in athletics: If you get caught doing that, you lose your medals and may be sued; if you severely misreport data that enables you to publish “important” papers, you get grants and may become tenured…but suffer no long term consequences.
Adrian > On 22 Mar 2017, at 09:04, Bernhard Rupp <hofkristall...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I the software used for that is PhotoBlot® > > BR > <> > From: Phoebe A. Rice [mailto:pr...@uchicago.edu <mailto:pr...@uchicago.edu>] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 17:19 > To: b...@hofkristallamt.org <mailto:b...@hofkristallamt.org>; > CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk> > Subject: RE: [ccp4bb] Positive densities map on selective residues on Coot or > Pymol > > Thank you Bernard. > > I'd like to add that carving the density shown in a figure (especially > without explicitly describing the carve radius used) is the moral equivalent > of showing only 1mm of background above and below the band of interest in a > western blot. > > Phoebe > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > <mailto:CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk>] on behalf of Bernhard Rupp > [hofkristall...@gmail.com <mailto:hofkristall...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:29 AM > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Positive densities map on selective residues on Coot or > Pymol > >> > and carve=2.0 means the mesh is created within 2.0 Å of the selected >> > atoms. Adjust these values to suit. >> >> I would advise extreme care when employing such presentation features. They >> are useful for display >> purposes and only when their use is stated as such, but they also open a >> venue for cognitive biases. >> One might want to have a look at how creative use of these ‘blob’ features >> until things ‘suit’ can >> betray the true believer… >> >> http://www.ruppweb.org/cvs/br/rupp_2001_NSB_questions_BotA.pdf >> <http://www.ruppweb.org/cvs/br/rupp_2001_NSB_questions_BotA.pdf> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/iul2cjbuu4x2o9f/Hanson_2009_retraction_bot_nsmb0709-795.pdf?dl=0 >> >> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/iul2cjbuu4x2o9f/Hanson_2009_retraction_bot_nsmb0709-795.pdf?dl=0> >> >> Best, BR >> >> The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the >> easiest person to fool.” >> Richard P. Feynman
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