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So much relies on science. But what if science itself can’t be relied on? In Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype in Science (Penguin Books, 2020), Stuart Ritchie, a professor of psychology at King’s College London, lucidly explains how science works, and exposes the systemic issues that prevent the scientific enterprise from living up to its truth-seeking ideals.
While the scientific method will always be our best way of knowing about the world, the current system of funding and publishing incentivizes bad behavior on the part of scientists. As a result, many widely accepted and highly influential theories and claims—priming, sleep and nutrition, genes and the microbiome, and a host of drugs, allergies, and therapies—are based on unreliable, exaggerated and even fraudulent papers. Bad incentives in science have influenced everything from austerity economics to the anti-vaccination movement, and occasionally count the cost of them in human lives.
Stuart Ritchie has been at the vanguard of a movement within science aimed at exposing and fixing these problems. In this New Books Network conversation, we speak specifically about how even the most well-meaning and truth-seeking scientists can unwittingly introduce bias into their analyses. We discuss ways that scientists’ training is inadequate.
Matthew Jordan is a professor at McMaster University, where he teaches courses on AI and the history of science. You can follow him on Twitter @mattyj612 or his website matthewleejordan.com.
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Trump signed a bunch of executive orders and actions over the weekend that he presented as a fix to our economic problems. But the reality is much less transformative. We explain what his actions do (cut unemployment) and what they don't do (protect renters from eviction).
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, is planning to sue the Trump administration over its ban on US companies doing business with the app. The executive order against TikTok also bans US dealings with WeChat, another Chinese-owned app.
And in headlines: a massive oil spill in Mauritius, protests in Beirut, and Amazon goes to the mall.
The news to know for Monday, August 10th, 2020!
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Sources:
Trump Virus Aid Executive Orders: AP, WSJ, USA Today, Axios, CNBC, CNN
U.S. Tops 5 Million COVID Cases: Johns Hopkins, WSJ, NBC News, FOX News
New York Status Keeps Improving: Axios, NY Gov
Countries Target U.S. Election: NY Times, Reuters, AP, DNI Statement
Mass Protests in Lebanon: CNN, NBC News, Reuters, AP
Lebanon Aid Summit: Al Jazeera, NPR, BBC
Sophisticated Border Tunnel Found: AP, FOX News, Reuters
Powerful North Carolina Earthquake: Charlotte Observer, CNN, AP
MAC Cancels Fall Sports: ESPN, AP, WSJ
#WeWantToPlay Viral Hashtag: CBS Sports, ESPN, Sports Illustrated
Onion Recall Expands: CBS News, CNN, FOX Business
Amazon May Build Mall Fulfillment Centers: WSJ, Mashable, The Verge
Shark Week Begins: CNN, Fast Company, CNN, Discovery
New Dirty Dancing Movie: USA Today, Deadline, The Guardian
Grocery Prices Keep Increasing: CNN, WaPo, Business Insider, BEA
The Centers for Disease Control is our number-one resource for preventing and fighting a pandemic. With its credibility very much in question, Andy calls up his former colleague Dr. Tom Frieden, who ran the CDC for eight years during the Obama Administration, to discuss what the CDC does, how it’s doing, and the overall U.S. response to the pandemic.
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A battle is raging for the future of our nation as "extremists and criminals literally try to rip out [statues and other monuments] to destroy the history of America," Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says.
Bernhardt joins the podcast to explain how he is working alongside President Donald Trump to protect monuments that tell the story of America. The interior secretary also discusses the president’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act and how the administration is preserving our national parks.
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