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Academic Urban Legends : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312714535679 Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…
Academic Urban Legends : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312714535679 Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…
Har du hørt at spinat er en god kilde til jern? Eller er du jevnt over sikker på at det du har hørt om et eller annet stemmer…
On academic urban legends: "To illustrate this phenomenon, I draw upon a remarkable case in which a decimal point error…
Tasub lugeda kõigil! Nii neil, kes akadeemilise kirjutamisega juba mõnda aega on tegelenud, kui ka neil, kes selles valdkonnas…
Midagi head lugemist kõigile üliõpilastele, kes tegelevad akadeemilise kirjutamisega. Istusin täna 3 tundi professor Ole Bjørn…
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Academic urban…
From the annals of settled science: http://m.sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.full Yeah, I remember when the Maya were…
From FiveThirtyEight: The most interesting story you'll read about Popeye, the theory of evolution, and scientific meta-skepticis…
We scientists know our stuff and are immune from rumours and urban legends, right? Wrong! Here's a hilarious article about…
"To illustrate this phenomenon, I draw upon a remarkable case in which a decimal point error appears to have misled millions…
Academic urban…
A fantastic article any of my academic friends will enjoy. HT: Cathy Legg.
"The idea that spinach is a good source of iron is a myth that was born in the 1930s, due to a misplaced decimal point, causing…
"Once a paper with misleading information has been published, it is almost impossible to stop citation." And: you thought you…
A story of sloppy citations propagating academic urban legends, illustrated with examples of urban legends about... wait for it..
My life is a lie. Apparently spinach is Not a good source of iron! http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.long
Dougie-O pointed this one out to me. http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.long
"The myth from the 1930s that spinach is a rich source of iron was due to misleading information in the original publication: a…
Even if you don't have time to read this, flipping through the headings "The risk of buying a pig in a poke" "Popeye always wins…
Urban legend: Spinach is a good source for iron is not only false but spinach contains inhibitors which prevent absorption of…
"Bauerlein et al. (2010) claim that we are currently experiencing an ‘avalanche of low-quality research’, and academia has…
Keeping on top of it from my secret Kean bunker.
Low-quality research, laziness
A story on the myth of spinach is actually not actually has that much of iron, it was a mistake on putting a decimal. http://depe…
http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.full Great article highlighting the importance of correctly citing sources. "Many of…
The amount of iron in spinach and decades of mis-representation.
Fascinating article - it's about following the trail of citations to find out the real story. In this case, it's about the…
students ought to read this
:: Academic urban legends ::
Demythifying academic truths.
http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.long
A lengthy but fascinating paper, based on the academic 'urban legend' that falsified the 'spinach has lots of iron' myth. …
Urban legends in academic research can be pervasive and long-lasting... even when something's been proven untrue, it can take…
I think I shared the article mentioning the "only 45% of scientific papers are cited" claim, too: > The reference accompanying…
Too good not to share. Even when you cite your sources, you're wrong.
Some of the stuff you think you know you probably don't. Or rather you do, but you're wrong. Like that spinach is a good source…
Science is awesome, and citations are necessary. but we still need our skeptic hats. Now with bonus spinach! http://sss.sagepu…
The "eating spinach for its iron content" legend! :)
Fascinating article on academic urban legends. Ably demonstrates the fact that one should be as suspicious of information…
This is great stuff! Or: is spinach high in iron? The answer might surprise you.
This is one of the most enlightening and entertaining papers I've read in a very long time.
Spinach is not a good source of iron, and other truths of academic urban myths: http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.long
"Bauerlein et al. (2010) claim that we are currently experiencing an ‘avalanche of low-quality research’, and academia has…
Good (and long) read about the importance of adequate academic citations. I'm being academically self-righteous today.
sharing to bookmark :)
Academic Urban Legends - Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various…
We all know that spinaches are a good source of iron, right? Or are they?
If you think spinach is a source of iron, read this. Or, if you like to read a brilliant, well-written article regardless of…
Academic urban legends http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/2c7xol/academic_urban_legends/ "New to reddit? click here! …
Fantastic article! … And for the sake of honesty in how I came to find out about this publication: I saw a retweet by Space…
Wait, what: "To illustrate this phenomenon, I draw upon a remarkable case in which a decimal point error appears to have misled…
"Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors. Some of…