Kevin J. Black @kjbinstl@social.cleverlibre.org

Finland has closely watched the Russian troll factory's efforts to create chaos in free democracies. We now educate our children to recognize #misinformation and rank #1 in our ability to resist it.

I wish the Americans would do the same.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaAybKWsIjolqLmOLI2LF7iH74KCGTRXNHzv8UBYaH4ULEeatkYZ442z2AX9Jadr8zQfg4hsluA3tQcSj66J2VhMZCZCwvtYO4Wm5x1smXBO5nqDKvYjbndKIileKy-huKO2n1UPDY1nZ3JV1np5pkZkjqjSJTvtrNFuF-3dV83f4zVNstFXpbOn7877S_AA5-Od6Hchjf9gE0PupbUj3RltSXgKkSJEQQURmVCSMivhtvrY9UK9gVP6zgLhY_e8eYgrwZDmVgLofBFIS5pvO9ZV-vudr4BKbnXCby

How to slow down scientific progress

"Leo Szilard—the physicist who first conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and who urged the US to undertake the Manhattan Project—also wrote fiction. His book of short stories, The Voice of the Dolphins, contains a story “The Mark Gable Foundation,” dated 1948."

You can see the full thing at this link, but I've also taken a screenshot of an excerpt. 😬 🤔 😢

https://rootsofprogress.org/szilard-on-slowing-science

The scholarly "community should demand longer-term solutions that break up the monopoly of academic publishers"

From an ex-Nature editor:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30709550/

even before we wrote that we need to replace academic journals:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5526634

#openscience #OpenAccess

Very next day after the domestic terrorist attack in Brasilia:
- 400 arrests
- clear statement with the law and decree that are being put in place
- total condemnation of the terrorists by the conservatives
- "we're going after everyone involved: organizers, sponsors and politicians!"
- the governor of Brasilia was fire

Who's the banana republic now?
#arrestTheTerrorists #January6th

By @NeuroMinded !
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RT @brembs
"we have conceded the curation and dissemination of scientific knowledge to those for whom science will be their second priority and who value important results over rigorous process."
Says former Nature editor:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30709550/
#openscience
https://twitter.com/brembs/status/1612345698954919936

The bivalent booster in people age 65+ compared with those who did not receive it, among >622,000 participants
81% reduction of hospitalizations (Figure)
86% reduction of deaths
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4314067

A very nice position paper by the ever-reliable Brembs et al

*Replacing academic journals*
https://zenodo.org/record/5793611#.Y71oW7RBxs0

"a modern scholarly digital infrastructure... needs to replace traditional journals with a decentralized, resilient, evolvable network that is interconnected by open standards under the governance of the scholarly community"

If we shift from publishing in journals to posting preprints...how do we get feedback on our work?

One group's solution is to create "Preprint Clubs", where communities of academics host regular journal clubs where they review and then post their reviews online: https://www.preprintclub.com

Preprints rated most favourably by the group are then featured in a participating journal.

via https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.04.522570
#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity @academicchatter

A Cell (IF = 67) paper claimed that vasopressin worsened COVID. The editor was notified of inaccuracies in the paper, but they refused to take any action—unless a replication refuted the results.

The critics took this challenge on, and did not find support for the original study's findings. Yet, the editor still has not issued a correction and stopped responding to emails.

The original authors have since had 5 other papers retracted.

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/29/researchers-lost-five-papers-soon-after-scientists-critiqued-another-of-their-papers-in-retraction-watch/
@academicchatter @OpenScience

Anti-doping is a fascinating field that brings together biology, physiology, chemistry, social science, sport, policy, law, and other specialties to help keep competition fair and protect the health of athletes.

In this new podcast episode, I spoke with Jane Rumble, CEO of UK Anti-Doping, about anti-doping efforts in the UK, how they are continuing to develop and implement new innovations, the importance of scientific research in anti-doping, and more.

https://cleancompetition.org/2022/12/20/92-clean-sport-programs-and-initiatives-at-uk-anti-doping-jane-rumble/

#AntiDoping #biology #physiology #chemistry #science #research #sport #policy #law #podcast #podcasts #innovation