Mar 20, 2016
Reading about Diederik Stapel reminds me of the quote from Walter Scott: “Oh, What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”. To list the full extent of his fraud, (including advising 20 Phd’s, many of whom used data he had faked),...
Mar 5, 2016
The extent information takes hold and is spread depends on the “Majority illusion”; which means: whether other people in the network believes most other people have the information. (Who wants to be the odd one out?) Worth noting, this is independent of...
Mar 5, 2016
Brilliant and hilarious description with fantastic graphics of how to think of the level of preparation for a talk, and on procrastination in the process! Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story – Wait But Why You’ve probably heard this Seinfeld joke: According...
Mar 4, 2016
There are MANY behavioral biases, and their books, Kahneman, Ariely and Thaler (to name a few) explain what lies behind these biases. Fantastic books! However, sometimes a list of some common ones are welcome; in this article, 61 are presented. 57 Cognitive Biases...
Feb 27, 2016
While randomized control trial (RCT) have long been seen as the epitome of evidence based research, having served to modernize the field of medicine, this article questions its use to test social policy. The argument is that where RCT’s come into their own when...
