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The ESP Paper That Sparked Doubts
- Darryl Bem published a rigorous-looking 2011 paper claiming ESP using nine experiments.
- The methods looked sound so the absurd result exposed how flawed practices can produce false positives.
How Selective Reporting Produces False Positives
- Simmons, Nelson, and Simonsohn showed how researchers can get false positives by selectively reporting analyses.
- Cherry-picking patterns from noisy data makes seemingly rigorous studies unreliable.
Building A Story From Dissertation Data
- Samin Vazir recounts constructing a cohesive story from dissertation results by selecting fitting patterns.
- She later realized this selective storytelling mirrored the problematic practices highlighted by the crisis.