tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post6136676515228509907..comments2024-01-24T11:20:46.055+00:00Comments on in regione caecorum rex est luscus: Good science is not good science if it is unethical.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-22024302704563991382009-04-04T22:17:00.000+01:002009-04-04T22:17:00.000+01:00I enjoyed this post too, important issues, and sal...I enjoyed this post too, important issues, and salutary reminder re accidental and incidental cognitive biasdinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020026452554970584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-55736183838763334572009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:002009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:00"Science is not method, it is the repository of kn..."Science is not method, it is the repository of knowledge and if that knowledge is incorrect, well it is incorrect no matter how it was derived."<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed this post. What is knowledge if not simply a sum of perspectives built upon previous ones?Estee Klarhttp://www.esteeklar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-29638329204186391512009-04-03T19:42:00.000+01:002009-04-03T19:42:00.000+01:00I am not accusing anybody of fraud, just of accide...I am not accusing anybody of fraud, just of accidental and incidental cognitive bias, seeing what you think ought to be there and unconciously tweaking.<BR/><BR/>Of course replicability is not the hallmark of success either, I am reminded of the old chestnut that comes out every time in any research teaching, that a reliable watch can tell the wrong time, unfailingly.<BR/><BR/>Science is not Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-90047944518392267822009-04-03T17:04:00.000+01:002009-04-03T17:04:00.000+01:00I think the biggest problem in published science, ...I think the biggest problem in published science, besides outright fraud, is that we don't know to what extent negative results are not published, because they are not that interesting, or because the results were not what the researchers expected. There could be a lot of statistical noise in the literature, and this is not easy to measure.<BR/><BR/>I think most decent scientists realize that youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com