Brian Nosek
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Fraud has existed since science has existed. And that's primarily because humans are doing the science. And people come with ideas, beliefs, motivations, reasons that they're doing the research that they do. And in some cases, people are so motivated to advance an idea or themselves that they are willing to change the evidence fraudulently to advance that idea or themselves.
Fraud has existed since science has existed. And that's primarily because humans are doing the science. And people come with ideas, beliefs, motivations, reasons that they're doing the research that they do. And in some cases, people are so motivated to advance an idea or themselves that they are willing to change the evidence fraudulently to advance that idea or themselves.
Fraud has existed since science has existed. And that's primarily because humans are doing the science. And people come with ideas, beliefs, motivations, reasons that they're doing the research that they do. And in some cases, people are so motivated to advance an idea or themselves that they are willing to change the evidence fraudulently to advance that idea or themselves.
Our funders include NIH, NSF, NASA, and DARPA as federal sources, and then a variety of private sources such as the John Templeton Foundation, Arnold Foundation, and many others. And that diverse group of funders – and it's quite diverse – I think share the recognition that the substantive things that they are trying to solve –
Our funders include NIH, NSF, NASA, and DARPA as federal sources, and then a variety of private sources such as the John Templeton Foundation, Arnold Foundation, and many others. And that diverse group of funders – and it's quite diverse – I think share the recognition that the substantive things that they are trying to solve –
Our funders include NIH, NSF, NASA, and DARPA as federal sources, and then a variety of private sources such as the John Templeton Foundation, Arnold Foundation, and many others. And that diverse group of funders – and it's quite diverse – I think share the recognition that the substantive things that they are trying to solve –
won't be solved very effectively if the work itself is not done credibly.
won't be solved very effectively if the work itself is not done credibly.
won't be solved very effectively if the work itself is not done credibly.
There are specific cases where a finding gets translated into public policy or into some type of activity that then ends up actually damaging people, lives, treatments, solutions. One of the most prominent examples is the Wakefield scandal relating to development of autism and the notion that vaccines might contribute to
There are specific cases where a finding gets translated into public policy or into some type of activity that then ends up actually damaging people, lives, treatments, solutions. One of the most prominent examples is the Wakefield scandal relating to development of autism and the notion that vaccines might contribute to
There are specific cases where a finding gets translated into public policy or into some type of activity that then ends up actually damaging people, lives, treatments, solutions. One of the most prominent examples is the Wakefield scandal relating to development of autism and the notion that vaccines might contribute to
And that has had an incredibly corrosive impact on public health, on people's beliefs about the sources of autism, the impacts of vaccines, et cetera. And that is very costly for the world. There's also a local cost in academic research, which is just a ton of waste.
And that has had an incredibly corrosive impact on public health, on people's beliefs about the sources of autism, the impacts of vaccines, et cetera. And that is very costly for the world. There's also a local cost in academic research, which is just a ton of waste.
And that has had an incredibly corrosive impact on public health, on people's beliefs about the sources of autism, the impacts of vaccines, et cetera. And that is very costly for the world. There's also a local cost in academic research, which is just a ton of waste.
So even if it doesn't have public downstream consequences, if a false idea is in the literature and other people are trying to build on it, it's just waste, waste, waste, waste.
So even if it doesn't have public downstream consequences, if a false idea is in the literature and other people are trying to build on it, it's just waste, waste, waste, waste.
So even if it doesn't have public downstream consequences, if a false idea is in the literature and other people are trying to build on it, it's just waste, waste, waste, waste.
Yeah, I have always had an interest in how to do good science as a principled matter. And in doing that, we in the lab would work on developing tools and resources to be more transparent with our work, to try to be more rigorous with our work, to try to do higher powered research. more sensitive research designs.
Yeah, I have always had an interest in how to do good science as a principled matter. And in doing that, we in the lab would work on developing tools and resources to be more transparent with our work, to try to be more rigorous with our work, to try to do higher powered research. more sensitive research designs.