@tompollard related to your David Bellamy story: the spinach/iron/misplaced decimal point myth http://t.co/6SDVLXo8sU
Lol academic urban legends http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ http://t.co/Y5sqWnKZW9
Lol academic urban legends http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ http://t.co/Y5sqWnKZW9
Lol academic urban legends http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ http://t.co/Y5sqWnKZW9
Lol academic urban legends http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ http://t.co/Y5sqWnKZW9
YES YES THIS “especially in milieus where counting publications is more important than reading and evaluating them” http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ
Academic urban legends http://t.co/9PVEWw1338
Lol academic urban legends http://t.co/YN44GBelBZ http://t.co/Y5sqWnKZW9
Academic urban legends http://t.co/9PVEWw1338
Must read! @ProfLisaJardine: Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/TKBUdDDzhi #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Check your sources...of iron! Decimal point error in 1930s shows spinach with 10x too much iron http://t.co/nErNiMeF2B #academicurbanlegends
Academic Urban Legends http://t.co/T7gxFPVqc6 Social sciences paper on recycled poor research
Academic urban legends- how an error (iron in spinach) was propagated without checking http://t.co/8Cd4Ai8ekx via @HPS_Vanessa @BenLillie
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Fascinating, terrifying must-read @ProfLisaJardine: Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/sumPVyGG8y
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
How rumors spread via sloppy citation practices @insidehighered http://t.co/b8O30GWQUb "Academic Urban Legends" ppr: http://t.co/JjgFrPBkFW
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Social Studies of Science http://t.co/259yMlMcIh
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Required reading for all scientists: http://t.co/C556HzxqNf
How rumors spread via sloppy citation practices @insidehighered http://t.co/b8O30GWQUb "Academic Urban Legends" ppr: http://t.co/JjgFrPBkFW
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
RT @JudithFreedman: All that spinach! I can't believe it..... http://t.co/32bzECi6DE /Always loved it. Never mind, Popeye
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Thanks @JamieMacJamie: fascinating article on "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/qD0Rbq3OCF. Of interest to @bengoldacre? #badscience
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
"Bauerlein et al. (2010) claim that we are currently experiencing an ‘avalanche of low-quality research’, and... http://t.co/FPd4TNJxIO
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
“Should this be called the Popeye problem? Urban Legends - Spinach is not such a good source of iron http://t.co/riTquoiYWI” @eahird
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Academic urban legends - spinach and iron http://t.co/q3Z9XQNq8E https://t.co/4AM23F3DwH
Ole Bjørn Rekdal on how sloppiness and poor citation practices lead to the birth of academic legends: http://t.co/Og3HgKqDwl
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Keeping on top of it from my secret Kean bunker. http://t.co/RyQzluKeYS
@gordonfernie one for you RT Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/PxkKUzYhe3
Fascinating. RT @DrTomCrick: Academic urban legends http://t.co/bZAtEEtudP #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
RT @BenLillie: Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/q3ACwgf3tD via @HPS_Vanessa
if you're at #scifoo & heard the spinach/decimal point story, it's not true. Classic example of 'bad science' itself http://t.co/ObwZzAM9uU
All that spinach! I can't believe it..... http://t.co/TJh2dLBo9N
MT @BenLillie: spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/TJh2dLBo9N via @HPS_Vanessa” via@ColizScott
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Academic urban legends http://t.co/HIpOgOLN6T
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
Oh man, the spinach story in this paper is so good. "Academic urban legends" http://t.co/bv6SHnfoTi via @HPS_Vanessa
if you're at #scifoo & heard the spinach/decimal point story, it's not true. Classic example of 'bad science' itself http://t.co/ObwZzAM9uU
Academic urban legends http://t.co/LRrmsCgBLr #badscience (HT @HPS_Vanessa)
if you're at #scifoo & heard the spinach/decimal point story, it's not true. Classic example of 'bad science' itself http://t.co/ObwZzAM9uU
if you're at #scifoo & heard the spinach/decimal point story, it's not true. Classic example of 'bad science' itself http://t.co/ObwZzAM9uU
@carolynporco @alokjha the fictional decimal point spinach belief story is, itself, a myth. http://t.co/ObwZzAM9uU
Excellent, highly entertaining piece on integrity in academic research. Great lessons for anyone who writes. http://t.co/T3x5Tdfksx
"Fun paper on the perils of loose citation practices by @OBRekdal: http://t.co/oA3oZPupi1 (Title: Academic urban legends)" RT @OSorenson
"Fun paper on the perils of loose citation practices by @OBRekdal: http://t.co/oA3oZPupi1 (Title: Academic urban legends)" RT @OSorenson
"Fun paper on the perils of loose citation practices by @OBRekdal: http://t.co/oA3oZPupi1 (Title: Academic urban legends)" RT @OSorenson
Academic urban legends http://t.co/S9cnX3r89Z
worry about research that gets cited, but which should not have been published. http://t.co/RPikXiQlOp
Lazy #academics are spreading #UrbanMyths through unchecked, click-n-paste references http://t.co/YXeqHReKgX
"Academic Urban Legends" @Naukas_com, what do you think about this? http://t.co/hGbzte5h5x
Fantastic article on academic urban myth exposed. Spinach is not a good source of iron, and much deeper questions http://t.co/onfLXXkBIl
Academic urban legends http://t.co/S9cnX3r89Z
Fantastic article on academic urban myth exposed. Spinach is not a good source of iron, and much deeper questions http://t.co/onfLXXkBIl
Check your references! Don't just cite "facts" without checking. Cautionary tale of laziness, iron and spinach: http://t.co/crcs2REcMw
Check your references! Don't just cite "facts" without checking. Cautionary tale of laziness, iron and spinach: http://t.co/crcs2REcMw
"Many of messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors" http://t.co/uERqmzTrm2
Fantastic article on academic urban myth exposed. Spinach is not a good source of iron, and much deeper questions http://t.co/onfLXXkBIl
Fantastic article on academic urban myth exposed. Spinach is not a good source of iron, and much deeper questions http://t.co/onfLXXkBIl
Great papers on sloppy citation practices by @OBRekdal and Sergio Sismondo http://t.co/q4l6UVxZhs (Rekdal) http://t.co/7iPN1U837S (Sismondo)
Academic urban legends http://t.co/dILxGYn8Qr via @instapaper
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://t.co/5xr6ZgaF0N
Citation practices / spinach / Popeye; this is long, but great: http://t.co/AjeU4PnHu1
Academic urban legends http://t.co/GYs521GsrE
Academic urban legends http://t.co/GYs521GsrE
Academic urban legends http://t.co/SSaw7uV3QZ http://t.co/FaR3ud5ilm
Urban Legends - Academic Style http://t.co/X9xGmZtCMN
Academic urban legends http://t.co/CCnrM78Z8B
Academic urban legends http://t.co/vrSl06gL6r
The amount of iron in spinach and decades of mis-representation. http://t.co/wNetjMuCG6
Urban legends: an academic detective story http://t.co/OqU6CGKlzH
Academic urban legends http://t.co/fYG9jUsEDo
Urban legends: an academic detective story http://t.co/OqU6CGKlzH
Wonderful article on "Academic urban legends". I hate spinach. http://t.co/AsYUSUG9U5
students ought to read this http://t.co/iET7WyAnGp
:: Academic urban legends :: http://t.co/WECT1VGmnQ
this is a pretty cool article about citations and academic urban myths and scientific wossname: http://t.co/0XLfdRnIol
Academic citations and the whispering game. The same applies to journalism. HT @goblinpaladin http://t.co/RASpFNf9yB
this is a pretty cool article about citations and academic urban myths and scientific wossname: http://t.co/0XLfdRnIol
Wheels within wheels. Academic urban legends within academic urban legends. http://t.co/VTlOUDjMCh
this is a pretty cool article about citations and academic urban myths and scientific wossname: http://t.co/0XLfdRnIol
Academic urban legends: a malpositioned decimal point & why spinach is not a good source of iron http://t.co/SQQTSJxRk4