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Science Fictions
by Stuart Ritchie
This was my favourite book of the year so far. Incredibly informative, well written, exactly the kind of topics I'm interested in. It's about the issues with science, and specifically psychology and medicine; how they brought about the reproducibility crisis; and how they can be solved.
It has chapters on bias, fraud, hype, incentives and other reasons current research has strayed from the ideals we imagine science to have. Along the way he talks about individuals who committed these errors and the people and techniques who are fighting against them. The final chapter, Fixing Science, is an overview of all the techniques used to combat bad science, as well as radical new ideas on how to restructure the very process of science itself. It has a lot about statistics, academia, open science, and other things I'm interested in.
I think it'd be a good read for anyone who's interested in how science works and wants to consume the published literature critically. Feels similar in vibe to Ben Goldacre's books. Very well written, interesting and engaging throughout. I understood it well but not sure how well someone who has no experience with academia would. Also, excellent citations, as well as notes of expansion.
It has chapters on bias, fraud, hype, incentives and other reasons current research has strayed from the ideals we imagine science to have. Along the way he talks about individuals who committed these errors and the people and techniques who are fighting against them. The final chapter, Fixing Science, is an overview of all the techniques used to combat bad science, as well as radical new ideas on how to restructure the very process of science itself. It has a lot about statistics, academia, open science, and other things I'm interested in.
I think it'd be a good read for anyone who's interested in how science works and wants to consume the published literature critically. Feels similar in vibe to Ben Goldacre's books. Very well written, interesting and engaging throughout. I understood it well but not sure how well someone who has no experience with academia would. Also, excellent citations, as well as notes of expansion.