James and Dan are joined by Nick Brown (University of Groningen) to discuss how the New Bad People — also known as shameless little bullies, vigilantes, the self-appointed data police, angry nothings, scientific McCarthyites, second-stringers, whiners, the Stasi, destructo-critics, and wackaloons* — are trying to improve science
Here’s what they cover
Power imbalances in academia
Publication bias
Euphemisms for people who are publicly critical of science
How to go about questioning the scientific record
Peer reviewed criticism vs. blog posts
Making meta-analysis easier
Data-recycling
Well-being and genomics
Popular science books and conflicts of interest
The ‘typical’ response to a Letter to an Editor
What Dan and James do during the breaks
Why don’t people report descriptive statistics anymore?
Priming studies
Science in the media
What Nick has changed his mind about
Links
Nick on Twitter - @sTeamTraen
Nick’s blog - http://steamtraen.blogspot.no
* This list is from one of James’ blog posts https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/meet-the-new-bad-people-4922137949a1
Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ Special Guest: Nick Brown.
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