David Sanders

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Potential artificial intelligence competency will cause harm In this letter to the editor David Sanders, West Lafayette city councilor and a Purdue professor in the department of biological sciences, discusses the potential new artificial intelligence requireme...

Purdue Board of Trustees is likely considering adding an artificial intelligence “competency” standard required for graduation. a foolish idea,so it is probable that trustees will adopt it. artificial intelligence is an incredibly energy wasteful technology
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Great to have seen you there. Thrilling performance of the cantata.

Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe Workshop Report | Astrobiology The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms. Building on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s 2021 Standards of Evidence (SoE) workshop, a diverse group of experts—scientists, science journalists, content creators, and scholars—were convened during February and March of 2024 for the Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe workshop. This report summarizes structured discussions focused on how to responsibly share findings with different public audiences. Key themes that emerged from the workshop included the following: communicating uncertainty, reaching consensus, and building trust between the scientific community and the public. Such efforts will involve navigating the rapidly evolving landscapes of social media and academic (peer-reviewed) journal publishing. Workshop participants emphasized the need for proactive communication, early-career training in science communication, and interdisciplinary partnerships, all of which can foster sound public understandings of astrobiology research and its myriad of practices, mitigate misinformation, and sustain ongoing support for the search for life. In brief, this report includes the workshop rationale and structure, insights gleaned from past case studies and hypothetical future scenarios, common themes that emerged from the breakout groups, a discussion of the relationship of workshop outcomes to SoE, and guidance for individuals, agencies, and institutions. Key Words: Astrobiology—Science communication—Biosignature detection. Astrobiology xx, xxx–xxx.

Continued refusal of NASA, Arizona State U. & others to admit that the retracted #arseniclife article was bad science. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/... Article claims that "past controversial scientific revelations" include "arsenic-based life discoveries." It was not a "revelation" nor a "discovery."

Not as long as reviewers are unpaid laborers.

“This is the time to abolish the IEDC. It cannot be repaired. … But we need to make our voice louder to say we don’t want anything from the IEDC. We want the IEDC abolished.” www.indystar.com/story/news/i...

&recent reporting about deals that netted companies under officials with ties to the IEDC – including the current head of Purdue Research Foundation, Chad Pittman – contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.
“We need to reassess our relationship with the IEDC,” Sanders said.

He said dealing with issues stemming from the IEDC had been like game of whack-a-mole. He listed the agency’s past attempts to pump&take millions of gallons of water from western Tippecanoe County to feed LEAP District near Lebanon,a state audit that revealed lax oversight&questionable spending

City councils wrap: Limits on data centers, gas stations, nursing home runs A lot of ground to cover from Lafayette and West Lafayette city councils, with more on the way.

City councils wrap:Limits on data centers.
Wherein I call for abolition of Indiana Economic Development Corporation(IEDC)."Council member Sanders said proposal raised bigger issues with city’s relationship with IEDC, the driver in recruiting data centers" www.basedinlafayette.com/p/city-counc...

"Education should be about the truth always. That's the most tragic part of the whole Purdue Global saga, is that this entire university has been taken over by marketing messaging.”

"Now it's about how Purdue gets marketed. And every day there's something about Purdue Global. Marketers care about marketing,” Sanders said. “And marketing and the truth are not necessarily always compatible.

After zealous marketing, confusion lingers over Purdue Global's ties with parent campus The faculty senate determined the public, as well as some students, faculty and staff, “cannot distinguish between Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue Global and Purdue Online.”

“We've let the marketers run things,”said David Sanders,a critic of the Purdue Global deal since it was announced during his tenure as University Senate chair.
“It used to be about what we do at Purdue," he said of the main campus newsletter.
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As I said, these are the amino acids in the arsenic-hoax bacteria emerging from the shadow biosphere created by assembly theory.

“And this is something which has been long in the making, and Purdue Global is both a symptom and a cause in that process.”

Purdue Global professors have told him they were instructed not to allow students to fail their classes because it could make them more likely to drop out.
“It's just become all about the credentialing experience rather than an educational experience,” he said. www.jconline.com/story/news/l...

"Sanders said that while he was still on the senate, he asked repeatedly to see
Purdue Global's marketing budget, broken down into categories, so he could gain
a window into its financial health and spending priorities.
He never got it."
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“That’s corporate speak,” DavidSanders chaired the Purdue Univ. Senate."But we're not about the market. We are about educating people. Corporations can be nimble, because they don't have to tell anybody what they're actually doing.” Purdue Global www.jconline.com/story/news/l...

David Sanders, an image expert and biologist at Purdue University told us it “is indisputable” that the figure “derives from” the Tin Man Syndrome hoax paper. Aside from similarities within the image itself, Sanders pointed to the label in the upper right hand corner.

Part of that housing crisis, he said, stems from Purdue University's tuition freeze.
"It's a marketing gimmick. It's not a real approach to student affordability," Sanders said. "In order to pay for it, the universtiy ended up cutting in-state scholarships" www.jconline.com/story/news/l...

Second study using ‘Tin Man Syndrome’ X-ray under scrutiny following Retraction Watch inquiry An altered image posted as an April Fool’s joke (left) was used as a figure (right) in a 2021 paper in Scientific Programming. Just as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the first of 14 books in …

Will Tin Man Syndrome continue to spread?
"David Sanders,an image expert&biologist at Purdue U told us it"is indisputable"that the figure“derives from the Tin Man Syndrome hoax paper""Sanders said the paper has even more flaws.The references are a mess" retractionwatch.com/2025/09/23/s...

Gun violence is bad. Free speech is good. PROVE ME WRONG!

Trump Announces Plan for $15 Billion Defamation Case Against NYT - Vision Times On Monday, Sept. 15 U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times.

Weird juxtaposition. "Croce also lost a defamation lawsuit against critic David Sanders (Purdue University) who was quoted in Times article/Judge:“discovery has proved existence of about 30 instances of fabrication or duplication” in Croce’s research papers."
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Yes. That's why I included you on the post.

Fraudes científicos de este siglo (35): Carlo M. Croce: el timador timado - Juventud Técnica En 2024 se habían retractado 15 de sus publicaciones sobre oncología, cinco recibieron una ‘expresión de preocupación’ y 23 fueron corregidas.

A Cuban article on Carlo Croce @OhioState . It doesn't get all the facts correct, but it does include an image of @smutclyde.bsky.social @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social @forbetterscience.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social www.juventudtecnica.cu/articulos/fr...

David Sanders, an image expert and biologist at Purdue University who weighed in on the images in our previous story, told us from his experience, “when one finds egregious problems in one article it is probable that other articles from one or more of the authors also violate scientific norms.”

More true than ever. @forbetterscience.bsky.social

“Speed is essential, but it’s never too late to take appropriate action,” he says, recalling that “post-publication peer review is just as important as pre-publication peer review, and at least as good.” @forbetterscience.bsky.social

"It seems that the scientists at the NASA Astrobiology Institute remain in denial about the fact the infamous paper & the associated coverage was a tale of catastrophic failure in the institution of science at essentially every level." @forbetterscience.bsky.social

It's incredible that anyone would accept the "shadow biosphere" idea as anything but pseudoscience. @forbetterscience.bsky.social

Another retraction from DRG. @forbetterscience.bsky.social

Retraction from Douglas R. Green, former editor of Oncogene, and BFF of Carlo Croce. @forbetterscience.bsky.social