RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
RT @cbokhove: A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' ta…
A risk in combatting myths is that you create or maintain new myths. A cautious tale I quoted in my 'This is the new myth' talk almost 7 years ago. - https://t.co/d3OPG2l4aZ https://t.co/P1eakZcrQN
@kasikp @emollick Most RAG implementations I’ve seen heavily “paraphrase” citations rather than quoting from them; I believe academia is pretty bad at catching bad citations actually https://t.co/MGvCGb1lds
RT @danifri3: This is fantastic
@jonathanstea @packrat2000 "Over 60 women I know?" 🙄🤡https://t.co/dhHwvMbU0S
@BarsnesEinar Plot twist i en vitenskapelig artikkel er kanskje å banne i kjerka, men det er veldig artig å se hvordan de mest travle akademikerne (som knapt leser sammendrag og intro) ikke får med seg twisten, og dermed havner i uløkka. https://t.co/xaWe0
@RohanAlexander This goes back a long time but is one of my favorites: spinach, iron, and Popeye - all due to a misplaced decimal point… https://t.co/rjNUmbh1nC
@NateJoseph19 @MrsG2nd The nicest case study of this phenomenon https://t.co/d3OPG2l4aZ
@steinkern have you read this https://t.co/EbNC0zAss1
@tom_sadeh בשולי הדברים, האנלוגיה לתרד אולי יותר טובה ממה שאתה חושב... אתה מכיר את ההיסטוריה של הערך התזונתי של תרד? https://t.co/2qXfevfdE9
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
From start to finish, this is quite a journey. Almost makes one despair of knowing anything.
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
RT @alfiekohn: Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as…
Fascinating account showing how a false claim can become widely accepted (and propagated by multiple independent sources) as a result of a common academic shortcut: citing a source you haven't actually read after seeing it cited by another source: https://
RT @PamOliver1180: @asociologist shared this article on Mastodon, and I want to share it here for all academics. It is open access and a g…
RT @PamOliver1180: @asociologist shared this article on Mastodon, and I want to share it here for all academics. It is open access and a g…
RT @PamOliver1180: @asociologist shared this article on Mastodon, and I want to share it here for all academics. It is open access and a g…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @PamOliver1180: @asociologist shared this article on Mastodon, and I want to share it here for all academics. It is open access and a g…
@asociologist shared this article on Mastodon, and I want to share it here for all academics. It is open access and a good read. Important and entertaining tale about academic rumors and sloppy citation practices. 1/3 @AcademicChatter https://t.co/Kne2Rm
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
RT @WeedenKim: "[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enor…
"[T]he history of spinach consumption in the Western world indicates that we are dealing with a decimal point error of enormous consequences." How shoddy academic citation practices create zombie statistics & unhappy family dinners. HT @asociologis
Academic urban legends (2014) https://t.co/9nbkusMDnG
RT @NelliPiattoeva: This is an important reading covering citation shortcuts and unmasking legends. I am sure the message resonates across…
@RealASMarshall Really enjoyed this! Reminded me of this article, which was doing the rounds a couple of weeks back: https://t.co/j8r55Qr2Po
This is an important reading covering citation shortcuts and unmasking legends. I am sure the message resonates across many fields of research
RT @WardensMD: Fascinating piece about Popeye, spinach & how rumors spread in academic medicine. 🔷Primary sources are important🔷, no matter…
RT @LarsJohannessen: Weekend reading: "Academic urban legends" by Rekdal The gist: "Many of the messages presented in respectable scientif…
Weekend reading: "Academic urban legends" by Rekdal The gist: "Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors" because "authors have lazily, sloppily, or fraudulently employed sources"
RT @WardensMD: Fascinating piece about Popeye, spinach & how rumors spread in academic medicine. 🔷Primary sources are important🔷, no matter…
Fascinating piece about Popeye, spinach & how rumors spread in academic medicine. 🔷Primary sources are important🔷, no matter how old, and many 'facts' are built on a house of cards of weak citations. Follow the 🐇🕳️ when citing. 🔓 https://t.co/EEPRskqRS
Weekend reading: "Academic urban legends" (2014) Key point: "Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors" because "authors have lazily, sloppily, or fraudulently employed sources"
File “Paxlovid rebound” under examples of “academic urban legends” See also: https://t.co/knp0JkcHaB
on #NationalSpinachDay let’s remember how Popeye’s myth that spinach is so rich in iron was due to a misplaced decimal point https://t.co/MBekTrlz9q
PopEye Unmasked by Brutus! A misplaced decimal point led to the false meme about spinach being a superior source of iron. Then academic laziness and/or dishonesty (fueled by the academic survival tactic to "publish or perish") le…https://t.co/F7bKl9fih5
Just a moment... https://t.co/kyCmWO4MiO
RT @MishaTeplitskiy: "I draw upon a remarkable case in which a decimal point error appears to have misled millions into believing that spin…
RT @KarenLMasters: Fascinating article about how academic urban myths spread. Check your references! I’ve gone down a similar rabbit hole o…
Academic urban legends (2014) https://t.co/Gq4ejIruVt (https://t.co/z3c5deXD6M)
Academic urban legends (2014) https://t.co/Ygsf1tenS3
The words you choose within an app are an essential part of its user experience → https://t.co/0ooJQkASP7 Van Gogh, AMD’s Steam Deck APU → https://t.co/NSMTJN2T9j Academic urban legends (2014) → https://t.co/j39zAzxLiS
Academic urban legends (2014) - https://t.co/kl8CSYT2XG 35 points - 20 comments - https://t.co/eMetyuBFYO
Academic urban legends (2014) https://t.co/e747oPn2R5
Academic urban legends (2014) → https://t.co/j39zAzxLiS Van Gogh, AMD’s Steam Deck APU → https://t.co/NSMTJN2T9j After Dark Screensavers in CSS → https://t.co/2e7cLq7UX2
Academic Urban Legends https://t.co/QIS9HdbUdN Comments from Hacker News https://t.co/XYBdwltzSk
Academic Urban Legends https://t.co/OFlyxkhlbq (https://t.co/NFghelmEBA)
Academic Urban Legends - https://t.co/kl8CSYT2XG 16 points - 6 comments - https://t.co/eMetyuBFYO
Academic Urban Legends https://t.co/e747oPn2R5
Fed Reserve Zoom conference canceled after 'porn-bombing' → https://t.co/VZTHSykrom Van Gogh, AMD’s Steam Deck APU → https://t.co/NSMTJN2T9j Academic Urban Legends → https://t.co/j39zAzxLiS
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Academic Urban Legends https://t.co/V3164bP9JC
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RT @KarenLMasters: Fascinating article about how academic urban myths spread. Check your references! I’ve gone down a similar rabbit hole o…
Fascinating article about how academic urban myths spread. Check your references! I’ve gone down a similar rabbit hole on the “spiral galaxies are all blue, elliptical are all red” statement in extragalactic astronomy. https://t.co/R8dG9he6Wu HT @ktaylor@s
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
Very interesting: "Academic urban legends." https://t.co/CysClHUHLr
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
Awesome read
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
This is one rollercoaster of a ride about scientific citations.
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
Beware of anti-myths! Spinach *does* have a higher concentration of iron than a steak. The problem is that it's not absorbed nearly as much when digested. Nice read. What next? Edge (23,34) is not really ambiguous in the Karate Club?
Also also, speaking of original sources: TFW when you DM @MishaTeplitskiy to say "have you read this paper? I think you'd like it." and he gently points out that he, y'know, tweeted it like 4 days ago. Consequences of deleting Twitter app... https://t.c
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…
in a year where i've read a lot of math-heavy, technical, wondrous papers, this takes the cake as the clearest and most thought-provoking of the bunch
RT @DanLarremore: New one on my list of favorite papers. "Academic Urban Legends" It explores the ironic follies of how we cite literat…