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30 Oct 2026
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Lisa Feldman Barrett — holds since 2026-10-30 — 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 guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong. Last stated 6 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decision-bias research is itself biased, studying only how heuristics fail and never the strength they supply. — tap to centre the map on it Decision-bias research is itself biased, studying only how heuristics fail and never the strength they supply. Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
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Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI cannot turn an untested assumption into fact; that takes real customers and real data. — tap to centre the map on it AI cannot turn an untested assumption into fact; that takes real customers and real data. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
CV
Claire Vo — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Debiasing has largely failed, and that is fine, because the biases identified are experience-built heuristics that only look like biases in hindsight. — tap to centre the map on it Debiasing has largely failed, and that is fine, because the biases identified are experience-built heuristics that only look like biases in hindsight. Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points. — tap to centre the map on it AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points. Last stated 11 months ago
23 Nov 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-11-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anxiety about each AI release makes product teams' cognitive biases work overtime. — tap to centre the map on it Anxiety about each AI release makes product teams' cognitive biases work overtime. Last stated 7 months ago
16 Apr 2026
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Christine Itwaru — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Functionally defined emotions can be attributed to animals and, to some extent, to AI systems, without any claim about what either of them feels. — tap to centre the map on it Functionally defined emotions can be attributed to animals and, to some extent, to AI systems, without any claim about what either of them feels. Last stated 3 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Data itself is objective, but the reading of it is never objective; it is always subjective. — tap to centre the map on it Data itself is objective, but the reading of it is never objective; it is always subjective. Last stated 6 months ago
12 May 2026
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Katarina Batina — holds since 2026-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A paper reporting an AI-generated molecule must publish the model's entire training set in detail, or the result cannot be judged. — tap to centre the map on it A paper reporting an AI-generated molecule must publish the model's entire training set in detail, or the result cannot be judged. Last stated 7 years ago
4 Feb 2020
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2020-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current system of incentives for mathematical research will be disturbed by AI. — tap to centre the map on it The current system of incentives for mathematical research will be disturbed by AI. Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Timothy Gowers — holds since 2026-07-26 — 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 not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — 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 confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Aug 2023
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Cochrane Systematic review of 11 trials found no evidence of benefit and a small signal of harm for mechanical CPR devices. — tap to centre the map on it A Cochrane Systematic review of 11 trials found no evidence of benefit and a small signal of harm for mechanical CPR devices. Last stated 3 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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John Mandrola — holds since 2026-08-17 — 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 teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago
30 Aug 2005
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John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — 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 large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. Last stated a year ago
13 Oct 2025
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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 review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do. Last stated 4 years ago
13 Dec 2022
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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 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. Last stated 3 years ago
29 Aug 2023
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Anton Howes — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are
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Researchers’ prior beliefs about emotion sneak into supposedly objective machine-learning results.
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Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong.
Holds
Decision-bias research is itself biased, studying only how heuristics fail and never the strength they supply.
Holds
AI cannot turn an untested assumption into fact; that takes real customers and real data.
Holds
Debiasing has largely failed, and that is fine, because the biases identified are experience-built heuristics that only look like biases in hindsight.
Holds
AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points.
Holds
Anxiety about each AI release makes product teams' cognitive biases work overtime.
Holds
Functionally defined emotions can be attributed to animals and, to some extent, to AI systems, without any claim about what either of them feels.
Holds
Data itself is objective, but the reading of it is never objective; it is always subjective.
Holds
A paper reporting an AI-generated molecule must publish the model's entire training set in detail, or the result cannot be judged.
Holds
The current system of incentives for mathematical research will be disturbed by AI.
Holds
A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic.
Holds
“Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far.
Holds
A Cochrane Systematic review of 11 trials found no evidence of benefit and a small signal of harm for mechanical CPR devices.
Holds
A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more.
Holds
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.
Holds
Fraudulent papers pass peer review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do.
Holds
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.
Holds