Most recently I’ve been listening to Eric Weinstein, who calls attention to at least one aspect of the problem: academic consensus and the stifling of independent thought.
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Was also linked to this piece a few months ago. It has many flaws, but seems to get a lot right: http://thestoryofscience.blogspot.com/?m=0 pic.twitter.com/97e6NdRvfm
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Lots of us are coming at this from very different directions and fields, and are probably mostly only vaguely aware of each others' work. Maybe it's time to curate a compendium, coordinate a network, or start assembling new institutions. cc
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@EricRWeinstein's discussion of "kayfabe" in science was really great, as you note! At the same time, I think the large majority of participants are unaware that it's pretending, and have never doubted they are doing actual science, because no one has explained otherwise.2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
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I have a draft post titled “How to tell whether your field is bullshit.” I think this should be a mandatory seminar for STEM college seniors before they apply to graduate school. A big part of “meta-rationality” is asking whether your formally correct work connects with reality.
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Thank you for the link to the “story of science” piece! I haven’t read more than the screenshot, but that seems spot-on. Feynman’s Cargo Cult lecture is seminal in this area. In case you haven’t read it: http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm …
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I’ve written a follow-on, trying to explain a piece Feynman said he wasn’t sure how to think about:https://meaningness.com/metablog/upgrade-your-cargo-cult …
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There’s two disciplines that are making rapid, inspiring progress at tackling the fundamental problems, namely social&personality psychology, and statistics. Both are doing what I would call “meta-rational” work, asking hard questions about how, when, whether, & why methods work.
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In psychology, this has led to startling and heartening reforms of methods and institutions. Leaders in this area include the
@blackgoatpod crew (@siminevazire,@hardsci,@alexa_tullett) and@BrianNosek (as mentioned by@jsdenain).1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes -
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There’s a meta-rational revolution in statistics now: it’s become obvious that rote application of existing methods gets meaningless results, and you have to ask hard questions about how, when, whether, and why methods work. Some key participants here: https://twitter.com/jsdenain/status/1122583179221708800 …
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I think you already know about @michael_nielsen’s work (some of it in collaboration with @patrickc). His podcast that I tweeted a few days ago has some of the best thinking about institutional reform I’ve come across.
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David Chapman Retweeted Nick Brown
Definitely follow
@jamesheathers, who (on top of everything else) is very funny and tweets cat pictures on weekends. He has collaborated with@sTeamTraen, who would be another good source for further sources:https://twitter.com/sTeamTraen/status/1122076071422308352 …David Chapman added,
Nick Brown @sTeamTraenElisabeth Bik@MicrobiomDigest reported two dodgy papers to journals *every weekday for two years*. Since then less than a quarter have had any action taken although *more than four years have passed*. https://twitter.com/ParsingScience/status/1121992933173948416?s=19 … pic.twitter.com/jpV3QwJhjJShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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I dunno, just thinking out loud, maybe we could learn something from Eric Weinstein about how to create and coordinate a movement…
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