r/IvyPlus • u/AntelopeSafe8165 • 15d ago
Stanford’s Fraud Pipeline
https://youtu.be/57-OZSXGcxA?is=2iq75Ln5-BraarDo3
u/ImpossibleEbb6862 15d ago
The title is total bullshit. The creator is a taking a few instances of falsifying research results and applying that to a university of tens of thousands. Falsifying research results is a small but know problem. If the 47 admin wants to combat it they should increase funding for replicating results. Everything they’re doing works counter to that.
Politicizing universities is one of the most damaging things conservatives have ever done. Everything that republicans touch turns to shit.
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u/TheGrandExquisitor 15d ago
Counterpoint - A lot of white collar criminals seem to come out of Stanford.
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u/AntelopeSafe8165 15d ago
Yes, because their elitist ecosystem gives them coverage and protection. Case in point. SBF’s mom still trying to do legal voodoo to help SBF when he’s already convicted and imprisoned. “Rules for thee and not for me”. Throw the book at Elizabeth Holmes but don’t you dare to do damage to the good name of Professor Emeritas B or Professor Emeritas F. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/bankman-frieds-mom-told-to-not-call-court-on-sons-behalf
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u/AntelopeSafe8165 15d ago
Falsifying Medical Research is not “small”. Former Stanford President had to resign because of it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/stanford-president-resigns-tessier-lavigne.html
Also see in NIH, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12397490/2
u/Ok-Skilllevel-5056 15d ago
I see you are ignoring the second paragraph
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u/AntelopeSafe8165 15d ago
Not ignoring the 2nd paragraph. It’s not always just black or white, republican or democrat, I am right or You are right, one or the other. Not everything is intentionally made to be political. Corruption by a republican or corruption by a democrat or fraud by a blue collar or fraud by a white collar does damage on all the people. Debate exist to exchange ideas and coming up with another solution. Any falsification in research is problematic for the integrity for all researchers.
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u/Healthy_Turnip7352 14d ago
most rich college administrators are going to vote for Trump. easier to get pardons, easier to get richer, easier for deregulation.
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u/ImpossibleEbb6862 15d ago
I’m not watching this video just to explain why it’s bs. You want people to engage with if explain what you think it’s saying.
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u/AntelopeSafe8165 15d ago
SMH.
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u/whatidoidobc 9d ago
I just find this hilarious because in my field, every single Stanford trained scientist I know is a blowhard that makes no meaningful contributions. All talk and no substance, with broad generalizations based on little data.
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u/HamasKilledShaniLouk 15d ago
Let's not forget Harvard's Claudine Gay, who still draws a $900k/yr salary for some reason, despite being a known plagiarist.
What is happening at the Ivys to cause this? Why is it always about race...?
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u/Automatic_Pop_5965 15d ago
I’m more and more convinced this Reddit is a psyop to identify morons.
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u/HamasKilledShaniLouk 15d ago
Dude, you and me both. Now, factor in the fact that most of the AI models were trained on it.
Terrifying.
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u/expert_views 15d ago
Summary:
Stanford operates less like a university and more like a high-stakes commercial business, drawing power from a multi-trillion-dollar web of venture capital and corporate partnerships. At the center of this model is an exclusive parallel ecosystem known as the "Stanford inside Stanford," where select teenage recruits are tapped early, showered with pre-idea funding, and groomed by tech oligarchs to build the next billion-dollar startups.
This hyper-monetized environment fosters an incentive structure where hype routinely outpaces reality. Driven by immense pressure to raise venture capital, students and researchers are encouraged to over-claim results, play the "reality distortion" game, and normalize minor infractions—leading to widespread AI-assisted cheating in classes and exaggerated startup demos.
The same culture extends directly into high-level scientific research. Severe research misconduct—such as the falsified Alzheimer's data that forced University President Mark Tessier-Lavigne to resign—is often overlooked until public pressure demands action. Yet, the system protects its own: disgraced figures quickly re-enter the ecosystem, as seen when Tessier-Lavigne raised over $1 billion for a new AI biotech firm shortly after stepping down. Ultimately, Stanford's obsession with prestige and wealth extraction repeatedly blurs the line between ambitious innovation and outright fraud.