Everybody on Twitter thinks theyve important things to say, I've a small footprint of ~400 followers but this might be the most important Tweet I’ve made since joining in Aug21. What's happening to Science's reputation is appalling& as an institution will take decades to recover.
I love science& my work in it. Served on my share of review panels (50?)& reviewed 100s of grant proposals& manuscripts. Never have I seen anything like this before. Disturbing times w extraordinary occurrences never allowed previously that I can recall in my 30 yr career.
Even if highly impactful, attracting so much media coverage as we're seeing re: explosive non-peer reviewed research doesn’t happen by accident, the authors have been provided an unheard-of gateway by someone or something much more influential than they are.
The hyperbolic language used in the non-peer reviewed preprints splashed across MSM media pulls all stops to dispose of (send) lab leak into an early unmarked grave- unscientific& unethical. Perhaps worst, sets a horrible new precedent re: scientific scholarship &mentorship.
Chain of custody of the evidence is also at issue. Misbehavior and poor judgement are somewhere in the mix, when hyperbolic conclusions not based on raw data generated by these scientists nor in their possession or control screams across headlines on the New York Times and NPR.
Science's mission is never racing to submit non peer reviewed research across the largest media networks in order to influence public opinion via misleading language that doesn’t pass standards of peer review. A flagrant abuse by the project leaders who should know better.
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