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Publication bias. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the scientific literature is full of positive results. Null or negative results have traditionally been hard to publish and are often relegated to abandoned hard drives, despite the fact that they represent valuable knowledge claims. Research users looking for evidence get a distorted view, which — like Joh... See more

An “Omics” Answer to the Replication Crisis

Beware the Man of One Study

Scott Alexander slatestarcodex.com

Confirmation bias is not objective, so it has no place in actual research. To combat it, give the voice of the opposition clear and full attention.

Peter Hollins • The Science of Self-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Learning how to Learn Book 1)

The researcher may also look for disconfirming evidence. The process involves having the researcher first establish a theme and then look through all of the evidence for exceptions to this theme. This is evidence that presents an alternative explanation for a theme.

John W. Creswell • 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

The contrarian’s enemy is not only random conformists. It’s also ridiculously smart people who have studied the topic in incredible depth and concluded that they’re wrong. And as we all know from certain creative offshoots of rock, paper, scissors, high-IQ mega autists beats public intellectual.

Bentham's Bulldog • Losing Faith In Contrarianism

Research. It’s not as simple as going to the library and checking out a book or consulting Wikipedia and calling it a day. In the same vein as the previous point on pulling information, you must ensure that you are finding a complete and thorough understanding of a topic through five steps: gather, filter, find patterns, seek dissent, and put it al

Peter Hollins • The Science of Self-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Learning how to Learn Book 1)

“Copywriting” is a misnomer. “Copyresearching” is more accurate.

Eddie Shleyner • Very Good Copy: 207 Micro-Lessons on Thinking and Writing Like a Copywriter

Adversarial Collaboration: An EDGE Lecture by Daniel Kahneman

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