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Jun 10, 2022
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dekhn on
New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function
Useful book that any starting professor should understand, even if they don't want to admit they are playing a game. science-by-press-release is a technique to master if you want to both maximize the impact of your work, and get tenure.https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Games-Scientists-Play-Sinderm...
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Jan 22, 2012
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denzil_correa on
How often do scientists fabricate data?
Depends on what you define as "fabrication". Most scientists tweak things around to suit theories to look like facts, rather than deriving theories from facts. Winning the Games Scientists Play is a nice book [1] delves into this issue in some detail.[1] http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Games-Scientists-Play-Sinderma...
⬐ yulhapePerhaps an example of such tweaking is the "discovery" of black holes reported to the public, when the definition of a black hole precludes definitively observing them. What actually happens is that astronomers plug values for observations above a suspected black hole (e.g. the orbital speed of stars) into Einstein's theory of gravity, and let the theory tell them whether they "discovered" a black hole. Then they let the media report the black hole as a confirmation of Einstein's theory.
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Nov 07, 2010
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zatara on
Ask HN: Etiquette at conferences?
I had the same curiosity when I started graduate studies. This book helped a lot, it goes through this and many other academic/technical issues, giving a good insight on the "non-spoken" rules of the game and how scientists actually think. It was some kind of an underground classic at the time I went through it (earlier edition) and a very light and entertaining read.http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Games-Scientists-Play-Sinderma...