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simoxenham
Simon Oxenham
Unapologetically outspoken critic of bad science journalism and bad science in psychology and neuroscience.
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http://neurobonkers.com/
January 29, 2018
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simoxenham
science
6y
RE: The EU Has A Poll About Daylight Saving Time
Excellent news, here's my two cents:
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simoxenham
news
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RE: The “Pit of Despair Experiment” Trump is Recreating
Trump is physically blocking refugees from stepping foot on US soil legally, violating U.S. and international law. Here's three sources if you're concerned about "fake news".
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news
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RE: England doesn’t know it yet, but it should be celebrating a major victory
Thanks, I'm glad you asked. For your comparison, a 2004 cartoon in the Daily Mail and a 1939 cartoon beside it from Hitler's Germany. The newspaper has a very long history of supporting fascism. (
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news
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RE: England doesn’t know it yet, but it should be celebrating a major victory
As a professional journalist, I'd remind you that the numbers involved are not "millions" and that this is a topic where accuracy is vital. The numbers are absolutely horrifying and do show a
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RE: England doesn’t know it yet, but it should be celebrating a major victory
I think the simple answer is because they are scared of being smeared and having their lives ruined. However, as long as we want to live in free societies we need to support the freedom of the press, so
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steemstem
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RE: r/science admins admit routinely deleting top posts
Thanks @yalzeee. I was saying that there will be no more official AMA's, but there is nothing stopping scientists doing their own unofficial ones. This could be a good opportunity (for scientists who might
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simoxenham
blog
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RE: Looking Out For Friends
Thanks for sharing, yes it's so sad, I'm still in disbelief, you too.
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simoxenham
weird
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RE: [A video for practicing eye contact?] This was strange! I found myself smiling along with the awkward moments. Try it!
Heh. Feels oddly therapeutic.
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steemstem
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RE: How Blockchains Could Fix Science
I have a lot of thoughts on this that I want to put together in a proper post, but I'll be consulting lots of researchers like yourself before making any firm decisions. Would be great to hear more of
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steemstem
6y
RE: How Blockchains Could Fix Science
That's great to hear. Promoting people's understanding of the importance of vaccines is a subject that's close to my heart too, its so important people are properly informed based on reliable evidence
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steemstem
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RE: How Blockchains Could Fix Science
Great point! This is where the second part of the idea comes in. The peer-reviewed blog part of the project will be aimed at a broader audience and posts will be designed to be as accessible as possible,
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steemstem
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RE: How Blockchains Could Fix Science
This is a very good point that demonstrates exactly why it would be useful to have a shared account for scientists to submit high-quality articles through. I hope that this account will garner enough followers
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Thanks, already in touch!
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steemstem
6y
RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
That would be wonderful, if only. It still exists, scholar.google.com is what you're after!
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steemstem
6y
RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Thanks! Followed - Keep it up :) The research community tends to change their practices very slowly, but you've got a big advantage being here so early - I wish I was here in the early days!
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Thanks Jorge, good luck! It's certainly a great way to improve your writing, I still cringe at the posts I wrote when I was first starting out! :D
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Yes, there's certainly two sides to the coin. I found this became less of a problem however once upvoting and downvoting of comments became possible.
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Yeah, hopefully they will find a way to speed account approval up soon. On the plus side, I understand their procedures help fight against spammers which improves the network and the ability to earn for
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
I know it's one of my pet peeves, there's simply no excuse not to!
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steemstem
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RE: Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
Thanks! Every little helps :) It would require a lot more than a single reader to earn a single cent even in the good old days of blogging so I have high hopes that this platform can scale!
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