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13 connected korrents · 13 moments from 30 Aug 2005 to 24 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about metascience.

Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under TypeScript TypeScript Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Rebutting bad science does not work and commonly backfires Rebutting bad science does not work andcommonly backfires Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asserting the facts of good science, with the narrative that explains them, works where rebuttal may not — tap to centre the map on it Asserting the facts of good science,with the narrative that explainsthem, works where rebuttal may not Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most claimed research findings are false, and that can be shown rather than merely suspected. — tap to centre the map on it Most claimed research findings arefalse, and that can be shown ratherthan merely suspected. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — 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 4 weeks 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: 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: Activism and ideological conformity weaken scholarly norms in academia. — tap to centre the map on it Activism and ideological conformityweaken scholarly norms in academia. Last stated a week ago 24 Sept 2026 RK Razib Khan — holds since 2026-09-24 — 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 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — 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 Same subject: A programming language is a ten-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language is a ten-yearplay: version one has issues,version two fixes them, versionthree is finally good — and onlythen does adoption start. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Rebutting bad science does not work and commonly backfires Last stated 10 Jun 2016 · 10 years ago Holds Atul Gawande Read this korrent →