Everything Hertz 120: How false beliefs spread in science (with Cailin O'Connor)
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Nov 16, 2020 Why do questionable scientific methods stick around even when better options exist? Cailin O’Connor joins a lively discussion of social biases, the rise and fall of magnitude-based inference in sport science, and how misinformation travels through research communities. They also explore retracted papers, citation-checking tools, and the surprising way a simple typo can spread from study to study.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Why Bad Methods Persist in Some Academic Disciplines
04:39 • 3min
The Role of Disciplines in Science
07:58 • 2min
The Importance of Magnitude-Based Inference in Sport Science
10:03 • 4min
The Culture Clash in Sport Science
14:09 • 3min
The Importance of Content in Science
16:54 • 4min
The Role of Self Preferential Bias in the Spread of Methods
20:25 • 3min
How to Keep Track of Retracted Papers
23:38 • 2min
The Misinformation Age
25:28 • 3min
The Different Processes of Misinformation Spreading Within the Public Spire
28:24 • 3min
The Importance of Centralized Databases in the Editing Process
31:31 • 2min
The Importance of Retraction Notices in Journals
33:02 • 4min
The Moral Story of Typos
37:18 • 3min
The Importance of Philosophy in Science
40:27 • 3min
The Morality of the Beach
43:21 • 2min
The Missing for Major Age
45:16 • 2min