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fact-checking brain science news and asking brain scientists about mistakes and controversies

  1. Open Science and Its Enemies, Part III: The progressives

    01.10.2024

    Open Science and Its Enemies, Part III: The progressives

    OPEN SCIENCE & ITS ENEMIES, PART III: The Progressives in this episode i conclude my critique of - some parts of - the open science movement by focusing on the positive reforms that might actually work. keywords: open science reform critique commentary. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=41] https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FZ84B

    52 мин.
  2. Open Science and its Enemies. Part II: The populists

    31.07.2024

    Open Science and its Enemies. Part II: The populists

    in this episode i continue discussing some problems in the open science movement. i focus on populist podcasters and the promotion of simplistic heuristics that some scientists argue will improve science. i argue that none of the heuristics will make much difference on their own, & often miss their target. i say 'f*****g' about five times. the audio, especially the first 20 minutes, is a bit 'noisy', sorry (ironic, eh?). keywords: openscience reform critique commentary. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=40]

    1 ч. 4 мин.

  3. 20.05.2024

    Open Science and its Enemies. Part I: The p-circlers

    There's no brain news this month, but i take this unique opportunity to provide the first of my three part critique of - some parts of - the Open Science movement. This episode focusses on p-circling & reverse p-hacking. These two pejorative terms describe situations where scientists who *don't like* a particular reported effect, then decide to search for things in the paper which can 'un-explain' it. The reverse p-hacker turns a significant effect into a non-significant, or un-interesting one. These reverse p-hackers selectively adjust their version of data analysis (or interpretation) to *remove* significant p-values. it's the same thing as p-hacking. but backwards. & equally wrong.

    27 мин.
  4. JUST DIE ALREADY

    05.04.2024

    JUST DIE ALREADY

    in this episode we find out how motivational talk makes you run faster & i ponder on the history of science & the death of ideas long, long after their time. keywords: progress idea Kuhn death revolution. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=38]. image credit: Kaan Durmuş, https://www.pexels.com/photo/military-jet-flying-against-morning-sky-leaving-smoke-trail-19191704/, image re-sized to fit

    15 мин.
  5. YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL

    11.03.2024

    YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL

    my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar: a podcast about brain science & statistics that's nothing like any other podcast about brain science & statistics. this month's episode reveals the final truth about why men's and women's brains are so very similar or different, and I alog (it's like a blog, but its auditory) about why the problem of sample size in a research study is never really actually a problem at all. at least on its own. it's contextual. right?

    14 мин.
  6. DON'T LOOK BACK

    09.02.2024

    DON'T LOOK BACK

    my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar, where no drinks are served, which has only one song on the jukebox & one programme on the telly: the news. this episode covers mortality rates associated with obsessive compulsive disorder and two newspaper stories about love - just in time for valentine's day. i also waffle on about the pros and cons of looking back over 'the literature' - should we study the literature in the library, or study nature in the lab? keywords: history research meta analysis review. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=36]. image credit: Sergey Yeliseev, https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3300/3300705817_81944d9608.jpg, image re-sized to fit

    16 мин.

  7. ТРЕЙЛЕР СЕЗОНА 3

    SEASON THREE PREVIEW

    my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar, a podcast by a middle age man who likes statistics, FOR middle aged men who like statistics. keywords: podcast return season three brains stats. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=35]

    6 мин.

  8. 11.12.2022

    BIAS, FATIGUE, FRAUD? TAKE A HIKE

    how learning to play the piano improves perception, why the brain needs a break, image manipulation & the wonder of winter walking. keywords: bias perception break stress fraud walk. details, sources and full transcript at the error bar [https://theerrorbar.com?e=34]. image credit: Wallpapers Box, http://wallsbox.blogspot.com/2009/12/winter-wonderland-hd-desktop-wallpapers.html, image re-sized to fit

    13 мин.
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    Dr Nick Holmes
  • Годы выхода
    2021 - 2024
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    45
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