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November 16, 2015 01:18 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/nZcBnlq5ClM/how-scientist-trick-themselves.html
How scientists trick themselves (and how they can prevent it)
A smashing editorial in Nature catalogs the many ways in which scientists end up tricking themselves into seeing evidence that isn't there, resulting in publishing false positive. Many of these are familiar to people who follow behavioral economics (and readers of Predictably Irrational). But, significantly, the article advocates a series of evidence-supported techniques (some very simple, others a little more mostly/tricky) to counter them. (more…)
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