By Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp)
Readers of the Practical Ethics Blog might be interested in this series of short videos in which I discuss some of the major ongoing problems with research ethics and publication integrity in science and medicine. How much of the published literature is trustworthy? Why is peer review such a poor quality control mechanism? How can we judge whether someone is really an expert in a scientific area? What happens when empirical research get polarized? Most of these are short – just a few minutes. Links below:
Why most published research probably is false
The politicization of science and the problem of expertise
Science’s publication bias problem – why negative results are important
Getting beyond accusations of being either “pro-science” or “anti-science”
Predatory open access publishers and why peer review is broken
The future of scientific peer review
Sloppy science going on at the CDC and WHO
Dogmas in science – how do they form?
* Please note: this post will be cross-published with the Journal of Medical Ethics Blog.
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