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← Treating authors as dictators rather than advisers has done the sciences infinite damage

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 30 Aug 2005 to 5 Nov 2026.

Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under education education Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under journalism journalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Treating authors as dictators rather than advisers has done the sciences infinite damage Treating authors as dictators rather thanadvisers has done the sciences infinitedamage FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1605 — tap for who they are Same subject: The strategy used against attribution science is to libel scientists and exaggerate uncertainties to justify inaction. — tap to centre the map on it The strategy used againstattribution science is to libelscientists and exaggerateuncertainties to justify inaction. Last stated today 5 Nov 2026 AD Andrew Dessler — holds since 2026-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who are smart in a narrow way but don't read broadly are the ones who cause disastrous unintended consequences. — tap to centre the map on it People who are smart in a narrow waybut don't read broadly are the oneswho cause disastrous unintendedconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 15 Oct 2023 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2023-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The demands of peer reviewers push scientists into producing bad research. — tap to centre the map on it The demands of peer reviewers pushscientists into producing badresearch. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: When a science is dropped from the curriculum, other sciences overstep into its territory — tap to centre the map on it When a science is dropped from thecurriculum, other sciences overstepinto its territory JN John Henry Newman — holds since c. 1852–1890 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: To find where the experts in a field go wrong, one must study it deeply enough to equal or surpass them — tap to centre the map on it To find where the experts in a fieldgo wrong, one must study it deeplyenough to equal or surpass them AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: Experts should be listened to freely but never allowed to impose their authority — tap to centre the map on it Experts should be listened to freelybut never allowed to impose theirauthority MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: Failing to credit someone who deserves it does more harm than mistakenly crediting someone who doesn't. — tap to centre the map on it Failing to credit someone whodeserves it does more harm thanmistakenly crediting someone whodoesn't. Last stated 7 years ago 30 May 2019 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2019-05-30 — 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 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 11trials found no evidence of benefitand a small signal of harm formechanical CPR devices. Last stated 3 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JM 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 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: 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 a year 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: 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-generatedmolecule must publish the model'sentire training set in detail, orthe result cannot be judged. Last stated 7 years ago 4 Feb 2020 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2020-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Researchers’ prior beliefs about emotion sneak into supposedly objective machine-learning results. — tap to centre the map on it Researchers’ prior beliefs aboutemotion sneak into supposedlyobjective machine-learning results. Last stated 6 days ago 30 Oct 2026 LB Lisa Feldman Barrett — holds since 2026-10-30 — 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 formathematical research will bedisturbed by AI. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 TG Timothy Gowers — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Treating authors as dictators rather than advisers has done the sciences infinite damage Last stated c. 1605 Holds Francis Bacon Read this korrent →