Comment by aoasadflkjafl

Well, this is why the funniest and smartest way people commit fraud is faking studies that corroborate very careful collaborators' findings (who are collaborating with many people, to make sure their findings are replicated). That way, they get co-authorship on papers that check out, and nobody looks close enough to realize that they actually didn't do those studies and just photoshopped the figures to save time and money. Eliezer Masliah, btw. Ironically only works if you can be sure your collaborators are honest scientists, lol.