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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Dec 2020

      Academia in theory: rigorous debate, only the best ideas succeed Academia in practice: two peer-reviewers who barely glanced at the paper and an editor who doesn't care if the numbers are right or wrong

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    2. Ken Caldeira‏ @KenCaldeira 9 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Most academics I know are trying to do their jobs as responsibly as is feasible given the competing demands for our time. It is not clear to me that it is helpful to focus on failures without mentioning the vast majority of academics who are working diligently and in good faith.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Dec 2020
      Replying to @KenCaldeira

      I think the challenge is that the incentives make the system fundamentally broken in important ways i.e. reviewers don't do cursory reviews because they're bad people, but because they're doing unpaid work in their spare time for massive for-profit journal companies

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @KenCaldeira

          Editors don't care about numeric mistakes because there is an assumed trust built into the system that you check these before submission. The idea that a paper would get through peer-review with numerous basic mistakes is pretty unthinkable even though it happens all the time

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        3. Sarah Rasmussen‏ @SarahDRasmussen 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @KenCaldeira

          It’s sad. In maths, fixing errors is so important that most authors leap to publish errata if there’s a mistake. But if my correspondence attempts with the Lancet C&AH are any indication, some med journal editors are actively invested in preserving certain errors/falsifications.

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        2. Ken Caldeira‏ @KenCaldeira 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Incentives to publish large numbers of papers describing micro-advances have damaged the system. This damage is a result of both profit motive by publishers and laziness of hiring and tenure committees. (1/2)

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        3. Ken Caldeira‏ @KenCaldeira 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @KenCaldeira @GidMK

          We are at a point in history where fact-based analysis is under threat. While criticism is warranted, statements that undermine confidence in the entire fact-discovery enterprise may not be particularly helpful at this time. (2/2)

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        1. Chris Colose‏ @CColose 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @KenCaldeira

          I think the real reason is far less attractive and difficult to overcome: in actual practice, it’s not feasible (or really your job) to on-your-own reproduce someone else’s results, especially when you don’t have full understanding of the methods or access to the tools.

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        1. Joshua Brooks‏ @joshlbrooks 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @KenCaldeira

          We can find incentive problems everywhere if that's our focus.

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