A friendly PSA -- if you're going to download SK's CV from his website, do it in incognito mode (assuming you're signed into Gmail/Google services on your main browser).
At this point they're getting so many website hits that I don't think they can match them to posts here
Good question! I can think of a few options
1) most of the rumors about them looking for new jobs is fake (I think it is the answer)
2) They got a strong signle that they will not get tenure (but why leave now and not wait for your clock to be over and maybe the market will not remember )
3)As you said - deal with CMU to be cleared but leave quitely
It is 1 or 3, and I pick 1
Can someone explain why they are (rumored to be) looking for new jobs if the internal investigation cleared them?
Or was this a prepackaged deal that they leave quietly in exchange for the “no problems here” report?
Good question! I can think of a few options
1) most of the rumors about them looking for new jobs is fake (I think it is the answer)
2) They got a strong signle that they will not get tenure (but why leave now and not wait for your clock to be over and maybe the market will not remember )
3)As you said - deal with CMU to be cleared but leave quitely
It is 1 or 3, and I pick 1Can someone explain why they are (rumored to be) looking for new jobs if the internal investigation cleared them?
Or was this a prepackaged deal that they leave quietly in exchange for the “no problems here” report?
If not looking for a new job, why would SK put 12 names of reference on his CV at this stage of his career?
Someone should name and shame the references
Good question! I can think of a few options
1) most of the rumors about them looking for new jobs is fake (I think it is the answer)
2) They got a strong signle that they will not get tenure (but why leave now and not wait for your clock to be over and maybe the market will not remember )
3)As you said - deal with CMU to be cleared but leave quitely
It is 1 or 3, and I pick 1Can someone explain why they are (rumored to be) looking for new jobs if the internal investigation cleared them?
Or was this a prepackaged deal that they leave quietly in exchange for the “no problems here” report?
If not looking for a new job, why would SK put 12 names of reference on his CV at this stage of his career?
It is a good point that I did not think about... So I guess number 3 is the right answer
Good question! I can think of a few options
1) most of the rumors about them looking for new jobs is fake (I think it is the answer)
2) They got a strong signle that they will not get tenure (but why leave now and not wait for your clock to be over and maybe the market will not remember )
3)As you said - deal with CMU to be cleared but leave quitely
It is 1 or 3, and I pick 1Can someone explain why they are (rumored to be) looking for new jobs if the internal investigation cleared them?
Or was this a prepackaged deal that they leave quietly in exchange for the “no problems here” report?
If not looking for a new job, why would SK put 12 names of reference on his CV at this stage of his career?
Same identical wording change in two papers.
Numbers didn’t change.
See tar retraction and RFS “correction.”
Unbelievable laptop failure.
Replication kit never made public.
Inexplicable rumor of both on job market after sketchy internal investigation clears them.
Sounds totally credible.
I might be an outlier on this forum. But I tend to believe they just made a mistake.
Yes, it's not uncommon for people to fake data/results, but to be so stupid and sloppy in doing it is really the most shocking part of this scandal. Same thing happened to Hunton: only got caught once he made an obvious mistake/lie. Hope the same thing happens to the other data fakers. Some are starting to make these kind of mistakes. We'll see if being in the club is protection from the same fate as Hunton.
What was the mistake? Was it keeping all their research files on 1 laptop that was never backed up? Or was it faking results so lazily that they got caught?
I might be an outlier on this forum. But I tend to believe they just made a mistake.