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The ECONOMIST this week (10/19-25/2013) feature a cover story of “How Science Goes Wrong”  – it is about the rising tide of bad or falsified scientific research worldwide. Before some science net  readers cheer and say, “See I told you so. Everybody in the world does it. Thus, stop bashing the Chinese community  for its bad behavior”, I suggest one reads the articlecarefully http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-research-has-changed-world-now-it-needs-change-itself-how-science-goes-wrong.  What I get out of the article is this. Yes, people are more or less the same the world over. When you couple  fame AND fortune too closely together, then bad things happen. Thus, in biomedical field or in subject where  competitions  are fierce, bad behavior happens more often compare to more theoretical  topics with less monetary incentives such as theoretical physics and mathematics. This in my opinion reinforces my  view that the first step in reform is to systematically decouple fortune from research effort. Of course we  should reward  good research but not with incentives which has DIRECT monetary value on you and on the institutions you are associated with. Worldwide “Peer Opinion” is still the best but imperfect alternative in existence.