mycotropic, to science
@mycotropic@beige.party avatar

Predatory journal say what?

"We have genuinely emailed you quite a lot of times but received no response, so we'd like to try once more as courtesy.

The most recent issue (New Edition) is missing one article. Could you please aid us by putting forward an article to this edition of the Journal of Gynecological Research and Obstetrics (ISSN: 2581-5288) before March 31, 2024?

Please send in a research paper, review paper, mini-review, or case study. We believe that a two-page paper will not be too time-consuming for someone of your calibre if you have short notice.

We are confident that you will always be available to help us.

Our Sincere Request: Please acknowledge this invitation within 24 hours."

cragsand, (edited ) to brainfood
@cragsand@mastodon.social avatar

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

I took a several month break from maintaining my list of studies showing the longer-term risks of infections. I'm afraid I burnt out, but I kept seeing studies and felt guilty for not capturing them. So, I'm back to adding to my public spreadsheet. It's now up to 312 studies proving COVID damages hearts, brains, immune systems, reproductive systems and raises risks of chronic, long-term health impairments.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=sharing

Leisureguy,
@Leisureguy@mstdn.ca avatar

@augieray I thought you would find this article of interest:

https://archive.ph/jGubS

hesgen, to random

"Scientists on panel defending ultra-processed foods linked to food firms"

A panel briefing which, as the Grauniad helpfully points out, was organised by the RCP/Furedi-cult front known as the Science Media Centre.

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/scientists-on-panel-defending-ultra-processed-foods-linked-to-food-firms

pluralistic, to random
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again); and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/

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pluralistic,
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

Corrupted Science: the history, cause, effect and state of https://memex.craphound.com/2008/09/22/corrupted-science-the-history-cause-effect-and-state-of-bad-science/

claims it can unlock with fake fingers/cloned fingerprints https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid

Anonymous stock-market manipulators behind $20B+ of “mispricing” can be tracked by their writing styles https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3198384

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castarco, to til Spanish
@castarco@hachyderm.io avatar

that was invented by and a bad psychologist to discredit a female hostage who didn't trust the cops after they did nothing to protect the captive employees during a bank heist.

Her "crime" was trying to negotiate with the criminals to protect her own life, while the police and the state preferred having dead hostages over closing any deal with the thieves.

https://www.stadafa.com/2020/12/stockholm-syndrome-discredit.html

mkarliner, to random
@mkarliner@mastodon.modern-industry.com avatar

Will someone please tell the Independent that it's not 'the dark side' of the moon, it's the side that faces away from us.

#badscience

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/moon-dark-side-hidden-structures-b2396476.html

unchartedworlds, to random

A lot of wealthy people have money tied up in office buildings. So don't be surprised when you hear that "covid is over" or "remote work isn't as good". Empty offices are a threat to their future riches.

"In their paper, the authors argue that remote work has led to significant drops in lease revenue, occupancy, lease renewal rates, and market rents in the office sector within commercial real estate."

https://fortune.com/2023/05/25/office-space-crash-harder-than-expected-remote-work-economy-cre-crash/

unchartedworlds,

Over on Twitter, useful debunking by @jamesheathers of a classic anti-remote-work article full of unsupported claims:

https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1662829283717402624 (thread)

joshsusser, to random

I'm not going to link to it, but Sabine Hossenfelder just posted a youtube video titled "Why is everyone suddenly autistic?" If you don't know who that is, she's a famous theoretical physicist who does a lot of science explaining and usually says everyone is wrong. A few weeks ago she did a video about whether being trans was a teenage fad, and it was pretty bad. But this video about autism is truly terrible.

She starts by invoking Simon Baron-Cohen. His name is literally the first thing she says. (SBC is a well-known villain in the autistic community.) Then she talks about the DSM symptoms, and does her usual science skeptic thing for a while. Eventually she gets around to branding the neurodiversity movement as being extremist, defends AutismSpeaks as a charitable organization, Google/Alphabet's MSSNG genetic analysis project as obviously not eugenics (she's wrong), and sides with ABA providers that autistic children need to be abused to behave. And through it all, she didn't forget her signature-brand stupid jokes that are barely amusing when she's punching up but come off as kind of evil when she's making fun of autistic children.

This is Hossenfelder at her worst. She "just wanted to learn about the symptoms of autism" and ended up in a field where she has no expertise, but decided her generic science chops would make up for that. It's weird that a science communicator who is known for tearing down bad science got fooled by bad science, but not really surprising. Mumble mumble Dunning-Kruger mumble.

matthewfacciani, to science
skua,
@skua@mastodon.social avatar

@matthewfacciani @sociology @psychology @openscience

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Below is an interesting article to fit into the hierarchy.

It is by an individual scientist.
They present a view of the effects of Covid on the hippocampus, citing numerous research articles.

It seems to be a review but not a critical review.

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