120: How false beliefs spread in science (with Cailin O'Connor)

Dan and James chat with Cailin O'Connor (University of California, Irvine) about the how false beliefs spread in science and remedies for this issue Here's what they cover: Why should psychologist scientists learn about the philosophy of science? Cailin's new preprint on error propogation that she co-authrored Boyd and Richerson's "Culture and the Evolutionary Process" book (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo5970597.html) Episode 91 with Kristin Sainani (https://everythinghertz.com/91) that discussed magnitude based inference Christie Aschwanden (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-shoddy-statistics-found-a-home-in-sports-research/) on Magnitude Based Inference The Misinformation age (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300234015/misinformation-age), co-authored by Cailin Cailin's paper on the retraction of scientific papers (http://cailinoconnor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Retractions_in_Epistemic_Networks-2.pdf) With Scite, you can be alterted whether a given paper has been retracted Where should you start if you're interested in the philosophy of science? Science as social knowledge (https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691020518/science-as-social-knowledge), by Helen Longino Cailin's on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cailinmeister) and you should also check out her website (http://cailinoconnor.com/) Other links - Dan on twitter (www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook (www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast) and get bonus stuff! $1 a month: 20% discount on Everything Hertz merchandise, a monthly newsletter, access to the occasional bonus episode, and the the warm feeling you're supporting the show - $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus episode every month Episode citation Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, November 16) "120: How false beliefs spread in science (with Cailin O'Connor", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/6S8TB Special Guest: Cailin O'Connor.