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By\u00a0Brian<\/a>\u00a0D. Earp<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(@briandavidearp<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Readers of the\u00a0JME\u00a0<\/em>Blog<\/em> might be interested in this series of short videos in which I discuss some of the major ongoing problems with research ethics and publication integrity\u00a0in science and medicine. How much of the published literature is trustworthy? Why is peer review such a poor quality control mechanism? How can we judge whether someone is really an expert in a scientific area? What happens when empirical research\u00a0gets polarized? Most of these are short – just a few minutes. Links below:<\/p>\n

Why most published research probably is false<\/a><\/p>\n

The politicization of science and the problem of expertise<\/a><\/p>\n

Science’s publication bias problem – why negative results are important<\/a><\/p>\n

Getting beyond accusations of being either “pro-science” or “anti-science”<\/a><\/p>\n

Are we all scientific experts now? When to be skeptical about scientific claims, and when to defer to experts<\/a><\/p>\n

Predatory open access publishers and why peer review is broken<\/a><\/p>\n

The future of scientific peer review<\/a><\/p>\n

Sloppy science going on at the CDC and WHO<\/a><\/p>\n

Dogmas in science – how do they form?<\/a><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Please note: this post will be cross-published with the Practical Ethics blog.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Brian\u00a0D. Earp\u00a0\u00a0(@briandavidearp) Readers of the\u00a0JME\u00a0Blog might be interested in this series of short videos in which I discuss some of the major ongoing problems with research ethics and publication integrity\u00a0in science and medicine. How much of the published literature is trustworthy? Why is peer review such a poor quality control mechanism? How can we judge […]<\/p>\n

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