123 reviews for:

Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science

Stuart Ritchie

4.33 AVERAGE

18ck's review against another edition

5.0

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I strongly approve of people criticising terrible science, especially when it's social science, which is 99% bullshit anyway. And this fella does a good job of it.
As with a lot of things, it's tempting to just throw your hands up and go, well, it's all corrupt, we can't know anything, but that's exactly the wrong message. If some complacency has crept in... Well, quite a lot of it actually, it's fine for a housecleaning, but the basic method is sound and he gives some constructive suggestions for how to prevent future slippages.

bigyellowbird's review against another edition

4.0

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I feel like the fact that the major reason for fraud in science is capitalism was majorly overlooked. Good otherwise

bender_917's review against another edition

4.0

informative medium-paced

rarasreads's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

emilowk's review against another edition

5.0

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Great book. Similar to Chris Chambers 7 deadly sins book but wider in scope.

punwizard's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

dipesh_reen's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective

anthonydambrosio's review against another edition

5.0

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Pleasantly surprised by how often the phrase "salami slicing" appears

iano_smith96's review against another edition

4.75

informative reflective medium-paced

zoelowe's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring medium-paced

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I will probably get a copy of this book to annotate. It felt very informative and yet still had some good humor about the scientific community.