AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
4min chapter
36 | Laurence Hurst and the slime mold model of discovery
Night Science
The Importance of Being Honest to the Data
If you have a narrative in your head about how the world works it's much easier to be a magpie i think because every all facts then go into yeah that sort of fits with that model or oh no that really doesn't fit with that model. "The most important currency for any scientist is being honest and that means being honest to the data so if you've got a model and it doesn't fit then don't go pushing that model," he says.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode