Disrupted Science
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From the authors of “How the Internet Disrupted Science.” We say things others won't. https://www.disruptedscience.com/
We kind of hoped our book would be irrelevant by the time it published, but sadly it is only more relevant with this guy potentially Fauci’s successor.
Thanks to Gareth at “Ruined By the Internet” for having us on to talk about our book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Science: Has Rigour Been Sacrificed for Reach? | Predatory Publishing, AI-Generated Research, Scientific Fraud & Public Trust
Podcast Episode · Ruined By The Internet? | Uncovering the human cost of our digital world · August 4 · 51m
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The CEO of @fenderguitars.bsky.social and a math-challenged academic at @pkp.sfu.ca both diss their customers and hurt their businesses in the process. www.the-geyser.com/business-is-...
Business Is Confusing!
The CEO of Fender and a platform’s executive show disdain for their customers
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When you write a book talking about how self-dealing incentives have disrupted science, this is great timing. Thanks, @nature.com for the inadvertent help. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
‘A waste of time for all of us’: caught in the crossfire of the peer-review wars
Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?
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Why is science in play? It took awhile, but you can now read all about it. www.the-geyser.com/its-book-pub...
It’s Book Publication Day!
After a year of work and a year of prep, today’s the day our book finally ships
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From our Prologue. Given the @cnn.com interview of RFK Jr. by Dana Bash, it seems worthy of sharing. Book is out tomorrow. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
Doesn’t the head of MAHA have a chronic health condition (spasmodic dysphonia)?
@joho.bsky.social At 28' of this great episode, a key question is asked, "Why did they dismantle American science?" We can explain . . . podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Bethesda Declaration: NIH Scientists Speak Out Against Political Interference
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · July 22 · 1h 3m
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Stanford is central to all of this, from eugenics to transhumanism to misinformation amplification. The riches of the attention economy feed it all.
Remember that the president of @stanfordpress.bsky.social had glowing praise for MAGA/MAHA disinformation doctors and sanctimonious scolding for those who corrected their errors. What does he have to say about how things are going now?
When you’re afraid to question a hype bubble, watch out! www.the-geyser.com/comparing-ai...
Comparing AI & OA Psychoses
One is older, and remains powerful, while the other has rapidly created a bubble
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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Cyberlibertarianism on full display. He wants the right to lie without consequences.
“The reason we’re having a measles outbreak is because of the Covid lockdowns, because people didn’t — children during that period did not get vaccinated.” It’s a day that ends in Y, so RFK Jr. is lying again. The antivax movement and his incompetence are why we have an ongoing measles outbreak.
The other bubble he emerged from was social media. None of these “creatures of the Internet” are competent or comfortable in the real world.
The thing about RFK is that he was born into a bubble and spent decades and decades in that bubble and as a result he is very bad at dealing with the real world.
No AI involved. And we take it apart with our human brains.
A bonus compilation of interesting stories. Busy week! www.the-geyser.com/this-weeks-t...
Bonus Texted Discoveries
We found so much this week, we’ve added a drop of interesting finds for you
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It seemed better when we let experts do their jobs.
“Tobacco companies, almost entirely due to e-cigarettes and now pouches, have been able to increase nicotine sales for the first time in many decades." www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Young Canadians’ Nicotine Pouch Use Reaches New Heights
Are your patients Zyn-ing? Contraband nicotine patches are the latest wellness trend in Canada.
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For @springernature.com, scientific publishing has become all about volume and scale, not about relevance and reliability.
Aside from quoting others, the word “I” does not appear in our book. We are telling a story from the world at large. Oddly proud of the lack of the perpendicular pronoun. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
How the Internet Disrupted Science
Scientific evidence affects policies, business, health outcomes, and economies worldwide. But is that scientific claim you just read reliable? Or n...
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The Fauci hearing yesterday brought to mind this from our forthcoming book, out next week. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
We are experiencing a reversal of accountability in the country. Some people accused of serious wrongdoing appear to avoid consequences while others, including immigrants and protesters, face aggressive enforcement. A nation cannot survive when the powerful play by different rules.
The Internet also disrupts goose science! Who knew?! (Thanks to a member of the crowd from our @northshirebooks.bsky.social signing.) www.youtube.com/shorts/bVFPU...
Cite those sources!!!!
YouTube video by Ethan Tapper
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A great episode of @techwontsave.us if you’re in the library space or a fan of libraries. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI w/ Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina
Podcast Episode · Tech Won't Save Us · July 23 · 1h 1m
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This was meant as a compliment, and if you think about it, we’ve clearly told the story well (and we offer some solutions). www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...