[Adder]

"The increase in "loss of integrity" is a symptom of the "socialist/liberal" disease in which any lie is OK as long as the perpetrator of the falsehood feels he is doing it "for a good cause"."
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I agree with that! Yet, even though much of it is being caught, how much is not? How many "scientific studies" are being used to make laws and policies that are simply flawed and outright lies[such as the second hand smoke study from 1993 later discredited but still cited everytime a smoking ban is proposed or the "biologist" caught planting jaguar[?] hair to claim its territory had spread to that section of forest, et al.], One can be vigilant but not perfect. The trust invested in the amphorous "scientific community" is disappearing with each new revelation of misconduct.

[Wonder Warthog]

"The trust invested in the amphorous "scientific community" is disappearing with each new revelation of misconduct."

Blind trust in ANYTHING is misplaced. As the Bible says "trust, but verify".

[demosthenes the elder]

amphorous??? I was unaware the scientific community was related to the clay storage vessels of the classical era.
You meant amorphous (ay-mor-fus), perhaps? meaning: without shape or form.