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← Even when published scientific results are wrong, they usually remain useful.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 30 Aug 2005 to 26 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under management management Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under Trauma Trauma Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Even when published scientific results are wrong, they usually remain useful. Even when published scientific results arewrong, they usually remain useful. Last stated a year ago 3 Jun 2025 LP Lior Pachter — holds since 2025-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most published research results are true and contain correct proofs or evidence. — tap to centre the map on it Most published research results aretrue and contain correct proofs orevidence. Last stated a year ago 3 Jun 2025 LP Lior Pachter — holds since 2025-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Publishing industry claims to predict how trends will play out, but such predictions are unreliable. — tap to centre the map on it Publishing industry claims topredict how trends will play out,but such predictions are unreliable. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right and the metric is usually measuring the wrong thing. — tap to centre the map on it When the data and the anecdotesdisagree, the anecdotes are usuallyright and the metric is usuallymeasuring the wrong thing. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success is probably measured wrongly when it is judged by the amount of output or the quality of that output. — tap to centre the map on it Success is probably measured wronglywhen it is judged by the amount ofoutput or the quality of thatoutput. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Coming into a project with a guessabout what the data will show has,again and again, turned out to bewrong. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The smaller the studies a field runs, the less likely its published findings are to be true. — tap to centre the map on it The smaller the studies a fieldruns, the less likely its publishedfindings are to be true. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Published evidence should not be accepted just because it is published, since things can be published even if they are not true. — tap to centre the map on it Published evidence should not beaccepted just because it ispublished, since things can bepublished even if they are not true. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The replication crisis is not an aberration; many of the things we believe are wrong — tap to centre the map on it The replication crisis is not anaberration; many of the things webelieve are wrong Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-12-27 — tap for who they are NF Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 5 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of strong AI models killing everyone was not based on peer-reviewed research showing high doom odds, nor indicated by market prices. — tap to centre the map on it Fear of strong AI models killingeveryone was not based onpeer-reviewed research showing highdoom odds, nor indicated by marketprices. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Even when published scientific results are wrong, they usually remain useful. Last stated 3 Jun 2025 · a year ago Holds Lior Pachter Read this korrent →