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← At its best, research is a collaborative and sometimes argumentative conversation, not just its published output.

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Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under design design Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under TypeScript TypeScript Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: At its best, research is a collaborative and sometimes argumentative conversation, not just its published output. At its best, research is a collaborativeand sometimes argumentative conversation,not just its published output. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Jan 2024 SR Sebastian Ruder — holds since 2024-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Research earns its keep by telling you which of two plausible pieces of advice is the right one, because everything looks obvious once you know the answer. — tap to centre the map on it Research earns its keep by tellingyou which of two plausible pieces ofadvice is the right one, becauseeverything looks obvious once youknow the answer. Last stated a year ago 16 Sept 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demanding that research be done cheaply tends to make it the most expensive kind of research. — tap to centre the map on it Demanding that research be donecheaply tends to make it the mostexpensive kind of research. Last stated 5 years ago 3 Jun 2021 GW Gwern — holds since 2021-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research. — tap to centre the map on it An audience wants a maker's judgmentmore than their research. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Sept 2026 DS David Sparks — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much disagreement is genuinely rooted in conflicting values or contested facts, not merely a lack of institutional standing for evidence. — tap to centre the map on it Much disagreement is genuinelyrooted in conflicting values orcontested facts, not merely a lackof institutional standing forevidence. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Debates should be about exploring topics together — tap to centre the map on it Debates should be about exploringtopics together Last stated a year ago 11 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A scientific paper is a description of results, not a story. — tap to centre the map on it A scientific paper is a descriptionof results, not a story. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Dec 2022 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-12-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confusedinstruction: what deserves trust isthe process, not any particularthing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teamsracing on the same question producesless reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a smallbut real one as the studies improveis a sign that a field is working,not failing. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. — tap to centre the map on it Economics journals have made largedatasets and heavy statistics theprice of making any causal claim atall, which has squeezed qualitativeeconomic history out of the field. Last stated 12 months ago 13 Oct 2025 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2025-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fraudulent papers pass peer review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do. — tap to centre the map on it Fraudulent papers pass peer reviewroutinely, which is direct evidencethat peer review does not do the jobit is supposed to do. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: History has a reproducibility problem worse than science’s replication crisis, because hardly anyone ever goes back to the sources to check what a historian claimed they say. — tap to centre the map on it History has a reproducibilityproblem worse than science’sreplication crisis, because hardlyanyone ever goes back to the sourcesto check what a historian claimedthey say. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Aug 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The most-cited study showing that language design affects software quality rests on misclassified repositories. — tap to centre the map on it The most-cited study showing thatlanguage design affects softwarequality rests on misclassifiedrepositories. Last stated 12 years ago 7 Nov 2014 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new type of embeddable execution environment will soon emerge for LLMs. — tap to centre the map on it A new type of embeddable executionenvironment will soon emerge forLLMs. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language functions asa lens that shapes how a problem isperceived when solving it. Last stated 7 years ago 9 Apr 2019 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2019-04-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre At its best, research is a collaborative and sometimes argumentative conversation, not just its published output. Last stated 18 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Sebastian Ruder Read this korrent →