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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Aug 2015

    I've long argued that sci journalists should stop reporting single newsworthy studies = recipe for error. Only meta-analyses, lit reviews.

    6:06 AM - 30 Aug 2015
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      2. Dr Vic‏ @VicMetcalf_NZ 2 Sep 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @briandavidearp Communicating science is part of the science process-in the same way scientists publish a single study with 3/n

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      3. @‏ @pagilmoresw 3 Sep 2015
        Replying to @VicMetcalf_NZ

        @VicMetcalf_NZ @briandavidearp @sapinker ? Isn't publishing single studies an effective means to solicit oppt for replicating by others?

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      4. Dr Vic‏ @VicMetcalf_NZ 3 Sep 2015
        Replying to @pagilmoresw

        @pagilmoresw @briandavidearp @sapinker absolutely

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      1. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker The epidemiologist who coaches me has always told me to look for a body of work on a subject.

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      2. Alan Rogers‏ @alanrrogers 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker Can't agree. I'm most interested to read about new discoveries, even if they later prove false.

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      2. Mark Rootenberg‏ @markrootenberg 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker Are there any journalists who have a reputation or following for only reporting robust and appropriately caveated work?

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      3. KeithWM‏ @KeithWM 31 Aug 2015
        Replying to @markrootenberg

        @markrootenberg @sapinker I fear they may be the ones without a job, for not bringing in enough sexy reports.

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      4. Simon Oxenham‏ @simoxenham 2 Sep 2015
        Replying to @KeithWM

        @KeithWM @markrootenberg @sapinker *nervously raises hand* I've offered some suggestions here:http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/most-new-psychology-findings-cant-be-replicated-now-what …

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      5. Jacob de Wolff‏ @jfdwolff 3 Sep 2015
        Replying to @simoxenham

        @neurobonkers @KeithWM @markrootenberg @sapinker On #Wikipedia we strive to stick to "secondary sources" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSTS 

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      6. Mark Rafter‏ @rafter_m 4 Sep 2015
        Replying to @jfdwolff

        @jfdwolff @neurobonkers @KeithWM @markrootenberg @sapinker and yet overwhelming no. of articles still make claims based on single studies

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      1. Roger Jones‏ @climatrisk 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @SuzanneWaldman oh purleeze! Next thing you will want policy makers to do good policy and governments to do governance #dreaming

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      1. Dory Owen‏ @doryowen 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker "Are kale chips causing ADHD? We'll have details at 10!"

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      2. Simon Raybould‏ @presentations 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @budwithunter Or at least report them in the broader context and educate people about how science works!!!!!

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      3. Celeste BudwitHunter‏ @budwithunter 30 Aug 2015
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        @presentations @sapinker Reporters try to do that; readers focus on the suggestion of largest implications. Big-context blindness.

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      1. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 30 Aug 2015
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        .@sapinker There is no news in science, only increments. Science moves at the pace of plate tectonics. "New study" news causes mistrust.

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      1. Oantastlig‏ @Oantastlig 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker The problem is the "newsworthy" part. Most people want to be entertained, not educated.

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      1. Oliver Scott Curry‏ @Oliver_S_Curry 30 Aug 2015
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        What's the replicability of evolutionary psychology studies, by comparison? @sapinker

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      1. Ajey Pandey‏ @AjeyPandey 30 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker But "New study says X!" is snappier than "Out of 131 studies, 80 say X, so we say X."

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