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Ingo Rohlfing
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I am reading the report that other reviewers made for a manuscript I also reviewed. One reviewer (R2, actually) simply says the paper has been AI-generated, therefore he/she is not reviewing it. There is no explanation where this impression comes from. This is not a helpful report.
What's inhibiting science reform?
"Cognitive conservatism, self-reinforcing feedback loops, epistemic dominance, and the selection bias of reform agents."
Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29963/
#MetaSci #PhilSci #STS
Ingo Rohlfing
Reading this has subtly reframed my thinking on the replication crisis as being less a crisis and more just a special case of Sturgeon's Law.
The ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card
Mark Rubin
This looks absolutely incredible.
@lars.vilhuber.com I think you're going to love this
*NEW* @rorinstitute.bsky.social Substack post: @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & @josefinaw.bsky.social explain why they created a database to facilitate discovery of social & behavioural sciences replication studies. researchonresearchinstitute.substack.com/p/did-you-kn...
Aaron M Brown
I sometimes log back into X to see who's still active. I am always disappointed.
But it's the journals, employers, & other health organisations that shock me most.
The message this sends about culture & values is so negative.
From a quick scroll, I saw JAMA, Lancet, BMJ, APHA, Wellcome, NCRM, etc
Über 10 Jahre wurden die Universitäten durch tausende von Cancel Culture Leitartikeln sturmreif geschossen, jetzt werden sie in den USA durch eine rechte Regierung systematisch zerstört. Dieses extrem deprimierende Video illustriert das an einem Fall.
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Georgia Tomova
James Feigenbaum
This paper finds that economists whose job market papers report (marginally) statistically significant results are more likely to secure academic jobs. Hiring committees prefer statistical significance; this creates incentives for researchers to p-hack.
