David Magnus Quotations

Identifying the roles of different contributors is important. What does it mean that someone is listed as an author?

The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries. But I don't think this research comes even close to that.

A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud.

This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.

I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.

Maybe they could have the veterinarians train people to carry out the executions.

It's certainly disappointing that we're back to where we were. But it's not a disaster.

To say insurance companies should pay for stuff that is completely unproven is asking a lot from insurance companies.

The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed.

The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.