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Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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how science goes wrong
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names

Jennifer, Adeline, Hsin Yee, Zeqing, Jiaxuan and Weijing

Flawed research

shoddy experiments or poor analysis
Shoddy

publish or perish

competitiveness of science

cherry picking

most striking findings HIT THE HEADLINES
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FAILURE TO REPORT FAILURES

RESOURCES WASTED EXPLORING DEAD ENDS
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LACK OF RESULT REPLICATION

NO ONE WANTS TO DO OR FUND "UNINTERESTING" WORK
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WHAT SCIENCE SHOULD BE

  • Big data to substantiate conclusions
  • Monitor research protocols with integrity
  • Tighten peer-reviewing
  • Supervise spending of public funds
  • Post-publication evaluation

SCIENCE COMMANDS RESPECT

FALSE RESEARCH ROUTES ARE UNFORGIVEABLE BARRIERS
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