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Hello. Below you’ll find your monthly injection of cynicism about the world of scientific research. Remember: it’s only by knowing about this stuff that we can do anything about it (but also it’s fun, in a true-crime kinda way). Here we go:...
With infinite apologies for it being a couple of days late (my excuse is that I’ve been moving house), here’s your update of all the maddest goings-on in the world of bad science for the month of October 2024.
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Hello. Every month that I send this newsletter out, I think “wow, a lot of stuff happened this month!”. That’s just because there’s a never-ending series of stories about frauds and sloppy researchers ruining science—and also of people doin...
WHAT? It’s a list of links about bad science—fraud, error, poorly-designed studies—that I’ve collected over the past month.
WHY? If we don’t understand how bad things can get, we won’t be able to find realistic ways to make them better.
W...
Look, I know you’re not interested in reading this first paragraph. You’re here for the links, right? You know it, I know it. So let’s just get to it: July’s best bad science links are below.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Research Comms lead at Anthropic; Former Academic; Monthly Substack Updater
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