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DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today

DigEthix

Released: 2025-02-19

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30 Episodes

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30 Episodes

Audio

Released: 2025-02-19

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29: What's wrong with Academia? Data Fraud from Harvard Professor Francesca Gino

Time: 1:00:17

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This episode explores the potential motivations behind Harvard Professor Francesca Gino's data fraud. Data Colada researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif Nelson and Joe Simmons found significant evidence of data manipulation, which was later given to Harvard. This led to the retraction of four papers and a recommendation to fire Gino.

What might motivate someone to manipulate data and to commit fraud? Dr. Connor Wood explains some troubling trends within Higher Education.

Wood studies what the contemporary sciences have to say about human nature. His PhD in religious studies is from Boston University, and he has written and published widely on the cognitive science of ritual. You can read his Substack here (https://cultureuncurled.substack.com) and learn more about his research here (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Connor-Wood). A convert to Catholicism, Connor writes and translates poetry for fun and also goes rock climbing (usually not at the same time).

Potentially Helpful Links:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24107889/francesca-gino-lawsuit-harvard-dishonesty-researcher-academic-fraud

https://www.science.org/content/article/honesty-researcher-committed-research-misconduct-according-newly-unsealed-harvard

Harvard Report: https://datacolada.org/wp-content/uploads/Harvard-Report-on-Gino.pdf

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Release Date: 19/02/2025, 19:00:00

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We use religion and philosophy as resources to answer today's ethical challenges involving technology. We have interviews with experts and audio essays discussing the details of how to make decisions in our own lives. You can find more information at digethix.org. The podcast is hosted by Seth Villegas. Seth attended Stanford University before receiving his PhD from Boston University in 2023. He helps teach ethics to computer science and data science students at BU, and he does research on emerging movements that focus on technology.

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