Critical Eye: Why those climate views can’t be given equal voice and hearing
The critical appraisal of a recent climate change article offers important lessons for knowledge management.
Category: Science
Changing demographics of scientific careers: The rise of the temporary workforce [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
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Now is the ideal time for the knowledge management (KM) community to develop university research systems that are both academically mature and facilitate sustainable career paths for KM scholars.
Violent video games study highlights the benefits of Registered Reports [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
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The Registered Reports format is in the interests of better evidence-based KM, because knowledge managers need to be able to draw on rigorous research that is not compromised by questionable research practices.
Scientists rise up against statistical significance [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
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For effective evidence-based KM, knowledge managers need to be able to draw on research that isn’t hyped and that has thoroughly considered all potentially crucial effects.
Case study: How polarized debates can be the result of rational deliberation, and how they can be resolved
When we accept that polarization can be the result of rational deliberation by rational actors, it changes how we frame debates, leading to better solutions.
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 3): Why it’s dangerous
Simplistic obesity messages have led to obese people being stigmatised which manifests as discrimination, social isolation, teasing, and bullying.
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 2): Why it’s pseudoscience
Presenting evidence to show why advancing simplistic solutions in ignorance of complexity and compounding this ignorance through confirmation bias turns behavioural science into a pseudoscience.
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 1): Confirmation bias and complexity
High-profile Cornell University food researcher Brian Wansink has been found guilty of academic misconduct. How and why did this happen, and what are the implications for research and practice?
Science says … bad science reporting by Microsoft News should serve as a wake-up call
The example of a recent news item from Microsoft News highlights why people should be acting on their doubts about general news outlets.
Be cautious with the “science” in science news feeds on social media
Four examples of questionable science from a popular social media science news feed.