The replication crisis is less a product of statistical illiteracy and more a product of a zero-sum academic job/grant market that favors metrics over thoughtful science. Self-policing is a technocratic band-aid; we need to organize against incentive structures imposed from abovehttps://twitter.com/HeuristicLineup/status/1125121874755604480 …
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This idea was popularized by Karl Popper's 1950s maxim that theories can never be proved, only falsified. Yet an overemphasis on repeating experiments could provide an unfounded sense of certainty about findings that rely on a single approach....
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philosophers of science have moved on since Popper. Better descriptions of how scientists actually work include what epistemologist Peter Lipton called in 1991 "inference to the best explanation.""
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Have you seen our animation to go with this?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEQ_tcweqz8 …
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Wholesome
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And awesome
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It’s true though - I remember pointing out to
@chrisdc77 that we have to be careful not to ourselves fall into the trap of creating a narrative and over-selling it for the sake of funding etc. -
To hell with that I’m in this for the sports cars and fame
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You’ve got a blue tick so you’re half way there. Will a toy sports car do?
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