Quality of science & its communication
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Critical Eye: Tacit knowledge paper gets lost in neuromyths, highlighting issues with evidence quality in KM
A knowledge management research paper that I recently located clearly illustrates why evidence must be critically appraised before a decision…
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Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 2): Why it’s pseudoscience
Presenting evidence to show why advancing simplistic solutions in ignorance of complexity and compounding this ignorance through confirmation bias turns…
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Why do we discount facts that dispute our opinion?
How doubts about science and scientists threaten the future of evidence-based management.
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Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 1): Confirmation bias and complexity
High-profile Cornell University food researcher Brian Wansink has been found guilty of academic misconduct. How and why did this happen?
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Science says … bad science reporting by Microsoft News should serve as a wake-up call
The example of a recent news item from Microsoft News highlights why people should be acting on their doubts about…
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Testing the reliability of research data
A new AI-based system is designed to examine data for its reliability.
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Be cautious with the “science” in science news feeds on social media
Four examples of questionable science from a popular social media science news feed.
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Critical Eye: The damage of “science by media release”
The publication of a media release about a scientific study when the study itself is not generally available to read…
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Calling Bull: can you identify the lies in public discourse?
In times of fake-news and alternative facts, managing knowledge on a process level is not enough.
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Research shows that published versions of papers in costly academic titles add almost nothing to the freely-available preprints they are based on
From the all-that-glitters-is-not-gold department.
