====== 🧠 Intellectually Dishonest ======

**Intellectually [[dishonest]]** refers to:

> **The act of presenting information, arguments, or conclusions in a way that deliberately misleads, distorts evidence, or omits critical context—usually to support a preconceived belief, agenda, or desired outcome.**

===== 🔍 Characteristics of Intellectual Dishonesty =====
  * Selective use of data while ignoring contradictory evidence  
  * Misrepresentation of study limitations or statistical findings  
  * Overstating conclusions not supported by the study design  
  * Concealing conflicts of interest  
  * Presenting opinions or hypotheses as proven facts  
  * Framing exploratory or weak data as practice-changing  

===== ⚠️ In Clinical Research =====
Calling a study or statement "intellectually dishonest" implies:
  * A **knowing misuse of scientific language or structure**
  * An **attempt to deceive** readers, peers, or policy-makers
  * A **breach of academic or ethical integrity**

===== 🗯️ Example in Critique =====
> “Framing a retrospective study with 79 patients as proof of clinical superiority is **intellectually dishonest** and misleads the reader about the true level of evidence.”

===== 🏷️ Tags =====
[[tags:research_ethics]] [[tags:bias]] [[tags:critical_review]] [[tags:misconduct]]