The inimitable Ben Goldacre has ferreted out a useful early example of a discussion of publication bias. Fifty years on and my impression is that things are not greatly improved in some disciplines. Add publication bias to the belief on the part of some editors of sociology journals that their organs are part of the entertainment business and you have the perfect recipe for the reproduction of blah blah.
Wednesday assorted links
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1. Speculations from Richard Ngo. 2. Highly speculative claims about mouse
injections. 3. New AI training for teachers? (NYT) 4. Kevin Hassett in the
run...
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