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The cracks in cosmology: Why our Universe doesn’t add up


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Sci, 2021-02-17, 07:18 PM

The cracks in cosmology: Why our Universe doesn’t add up

by Marcus Chown


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“The ‘standard model of cosmology’ is an admission of ignorance,” admits [url=https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~l

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Science has been in a “replication crisis” for a decade. Have we learned anything?


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 08:41 PM

Science has been in a “replication crisis” for a decade. Have we learned anything?

Bad papers are still published. But some other things might be getting better.

Kelsey Piper

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Psychology’s replication crisis inspires ecologists


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 07:32 PM

Psychology’s replication crisis inspires ecologists to push for more reliable research

Cathleen O’Grady


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Ecology suffers from many of the same underlying

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Is science in trouble? An insight into the reproducibility crisis


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 06:38 PM

Is science in trouble? An insight into the reproducibility crisis

Yan-Yi Lee


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The world of science has never been void of strong claims. “[url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14767058.2012.715220]Calcium protects against

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Playfair on the Enfield Poltergeist


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 06:00 PM

The Enfield Poltergeist on “Sky TV” UK

G. Playfair


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More perplexing was the omission of a number of real events, some of them recorded by photogra

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How to Become a Media Skeptic


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 05:47 PM

How to Become a Media Skeptic

G. Playfair


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 There are some researchers, such as J. B. Rhine, whose work is not so easy to dismiss. Neither Rhine’s personal integrity

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Myth & Disenchantment


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Sci, 2021-02-16, 04:44 PM

Myth & Disenchantment

interview with Gyrus on Dreamflesh

[quote]After reviewing Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm’s book The Myth of Disenchantment I was gratified that Jason responded positively on Twitter, despite

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Can Science Illuminate Our Inner Dark Matter?


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Sci, 2021-02-15, 07:22 PM

Can Science Illuminate Our Inner Dark Matter?

Neither introspection nor brain scans can reveal our deepest thoughts

John Horgan


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...my ongoing attempt to [url=https://blogs.s

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Oh FFS!


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Stan Woolley, 2021-02-14, 10:38 PM

Brains or baloney? 




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The Science Delusion - Curtis White on Scientism


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Sci, 2021-02-14, 04:40 AM

Tricycle 2014: The Science Delusion - An interview with cultural critic Curtis White

interview by Linda Heuman


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White’s latest book, [url=https://www.amazon.com/Science-Delusion-Questions-Culture-Answers/dp/1612193900][i]The Scienc

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