Some scientists posted a #preprint that was flashy ("uncanny", "astonishing"), apparently not very careful, and wrong. Within hours, half a dozen experts commented that it was wrong and showed why it was wrong. This IS how it's supposed to work.
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I agree, that is unfortunate. As I've written before, though (https://freethoughtblogs.com/fierceroller/?p=4705 …), I don't think the problem is that preprint servers give scientists a place to post non peer-reviewed research. Anybody with a domain could do that without
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No question. I think we have to consider threat models. If someone just wants to put bad info out there, we couldn't stop that. But a regular scientist who, well-meaning or not, puts up a bad paper, that could be addressed.
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Excellent point! Normally a pre-print would not get this amount of attention, but this is a uniquely bad situation, since it brought out the conspiracy theorists. In a way, preprints mirror what happens with social media: they open up information flow for good and for bad.
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Exactly. Non scientists are not going to scroll down to the comments section. It is hard to stop the spread of a sentence that contains “unlikely to be fortuitous in nature” and a headline that compares it to HIV within the general public.
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Rather, the problem IMO is reporters who report on research that hasn't been peer reviewed, that they don't understand, and that they can't be bothered to run by a few experts in the field. The scientists also bear responsibility, of course.
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It's also worth reiterating that a half a dozen experts commented that the main finding was wrong the SAME DAY the preprint was posted. Any reporter who can't be bothered to check the comments is not practicing responsible journalism.
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Every bioRxiv preprint comes with a warning (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/what-unrefereed-preprint …). Reporters who want to write about preprints should pay attention to it. I understand that most science reporters these days aren't subject matter experts, but they are capable of checking with experts.
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It is spreading extremely quick on Chinese language social media
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Trying to counter the narrative after the fact is difficult in general. Trying to do this in the wake of folks who are looking for conspiracies to latch onto is unenviable. I haven’t seen a slow down tonight in this trash conspiracy being shared
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