Ep. 81 - Junk Science, Click Bait, and Meaningless Experiments
Ever feel like there’s something wrong with all t…
The Local Maximum with Max Sklar · Max Sklar
August 27, 201949m 24s
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Show Notes
Ever feel like there’s something wrong with all the news and information you consume, even when you get it from professional scientists and doctors?
We tackle the reproducibility crisis in science today starting with taking a look at some mudslinging between high profile online academics Andrew Gelman and Cass Sunstein.
We also talk about the probable over-publishing of studies in stock market prediction and elsewhere, and scientists reading too much when interpreting results to fit their narrative and ideology.
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We tackle the reproducibility crisis in science today starting with taking a look at some mudslinging between high profile online academics Andrew Gelman and Cass Sunstein.
We also talk about the probable over-publishing of studies in stock market prediction and elsewhere, and scientists reading too much when interpreting results to fit their narrative and ideology.
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