@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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@VicMetcalf_NZ@briandavidearp@sapinker ? Isn't publishing single studies an effective means to solicit oppt for replicating by others? - End of conversation
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@sapinker The epidemiologist who coaches me has always told me to look for a body of work on a subject.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Can't agree. I'm most interested to read about new discoveries, even if they later prove false. - 1 more reply
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@sapinker Are there any journalists who have a reputation or following for only reporting robust and appropriately caveated work? -
@markrootenberg@sapinker I fear they may be the ones without a job, for not bringing in enough sexy reports. -
@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 … -
@neurobonkers@KeithWM@markrootenberg@sapinker On#Wikipedia we strive to stick to "secondary sources" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSTS -
@jfdwolff@neurobonkers@KeithWM@markrootenberg@sapinker and yet overwhelming no. of articles still make claims based on single studies
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@sapinker@SuzanneWaldman oh purleeze! Next thing you will want policy makers to do good policy and governments to do governance#dreamingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker "Are kale chips causing ADHD? We'll have details at 10!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@budwithunter Or at least report them in the broader context and educate people about how science works!!!!! -
@presentations@sapinker Reporters try to do that; readers focus on the suggestion of largest implications. Big-context blindness. - 1 more reply
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The problem is the "newsworthy" part. Most people want to be entertained, not educated.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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What's the replicability of evolutionary psychology studies, by comparison?
@sapinkerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker But "New study says X!" is snappier than "Out of 131 studies, 80 say X, so we say X."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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