Science Fictions: Epidemic of Fraud, Bias by Stuart Ritchie | Book Club

Full Title: Science Fictions: The Epidemic of Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science
Pages to read: 403
Suggested by: Melissa C
ISBN: 9781847925664 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9781250222688 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•How has science been corrupted?
•How to improve science?
•What are the sources of bias in science?
•What are the consequences of inappropriate science?
•Is science a collaborative effort?
•Should scientists be trusted?
•What perverse incentives effect scientists?
•What are the consequences of perverse incentives?
•What is the effect of replication on science?
•What is the replication crisis?
•What is the publication bias?
•What research is favored and unfavored to be published?
•What does the ideal of science effect the practice of science?
•What is the purpose of science?
•How do scientists get hired and promoted?
•What effect does hype have on science?
•How can citation count be exploited?
•What is peer review and how can peer review be exploited?
•What is reproducibility and are papers reproducible?
•How does a paper become retracted?
•How can wrong results be found without fraud?
•What are the ways in which scientists commit research fraud?
•What is the sampling error?
•What is the p-value and what is p-hacking?
•What is pre-registration?
•What is the pace of scientific progress?
•What is the Standford Prison Experiment?
•What was the outcome of the Reinhart and Rogoff paper which was about GDP and debt?
•How much of an effect can a single gene on human traits?
•Is there a difference between conclusions presented in a research paper or in a book?
•How did the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers incentivize contractors after the California wildfires on 2017?
•What is the cross-species leap type of hype?
•How does science get funded and how does that effect publication?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.