cast the first stone Etymology: From the Bible John 8.7 where Jesus tells the accusers of a woman of adultery, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Verb: cast the first stone 1. (idiomatic) To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless. From Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cast_the_first_stone So, Retraction Watch had an interesting interview about a scientist who posted on Twitter: “Just discovered that a paper for which I served as reviewer has been retracted. Feels like my time and energy were stolen.” Martha Alibali on Twitter She has a point, esp. if it was misconduct (don’t know the case), but also if it “just” was sloppy work. Bad research wastes good research — because good researchers have to deal with it, via reviews or by dealing with misconduct. However, one reader left a rather crude comment: firststone January 4, 2017 at 3:36 am All this sanctimonious posturing. Ask yourself: are you 100% clean?? Not sure whether it was directed at the other comments or the interview itself. But while crude, I think it had a point, so I left a comment: Or as text: Suiting pseudonym — there [...]
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