Comms at Anthropic; writer and podcaster on bad science. Newsletter: https://www.sciencefictions.org/ Podcast: https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com/https://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbuu4623nc2bSome said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57-collider-bias?r=14br026 Nov 2024 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuu4623nc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbuu4623nc2bSome said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57-collider-bias?r=14br026 Nov 2024 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuu4623nc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbjsidwsa22vDepressed, but not actually surprised, to see that Morrissey is now singing in front of slide shows of “Puppetmaster” Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci 😖😩22 Nov 2024 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjsidwsa22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbji2pk6cc2vThis is the kind of echo-chamber slop I was hoping NOT to see on this platform! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbji2pk6cc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbjhzc62jk2vThis is such a silly straw man, and Carl (and everyone reposting this) should know better. The argument is that *to the greatest extent possible, science should not be political*. Everyone agrees that it IS political, but that’s bad! We should make it less so. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjhzc62jk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbh4ivdenc2fAbsolutely love a good bad book review, and this one is hilarious. Jordan Peterson’s new book sounds absolutely dreadful, and maybe even a little psychotic…? https://www.thetimes.com/article/413dfb33-4aa5-47c2-9085-64af7bfc9de3 https://www.thetimes.com/article/413dfb33-4aa5-47c2-9085-64af7bfc9de3?shareToken=d514fce5ed1dbd8e1c97c180d38414b321 Nov 2024 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbh4ivdenc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lbeyxzomb22xIn case you didn’t know, I’ve been doing these monthly Substack link posts about bad science (fraud, the replication crisis, bias in science, dodgy journals, all that stuff). Feel free to subscribe, or to send me links to include in the next one! https://www.sciencefictions.org/p/science-fictions-links-for-october20 Nov 2024 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbeyxzomb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/stuartjritchie.bsky.social/post/3lben6gveuk2xA question inspired by this brilliant article by @engber.bsky.social: does anyone know ANY psychology research done at a business school that’s (a) good and (b) important? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/business-school-fraud-research/680669/20 Nov 2024 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:oxbbquhatfiptthyvulr27iy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lben6gveuk2x