Small Differences

Episode 26: Origin Stories 3: Nipple On The Science Boob


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In the third episode about what it's like to be former academics, Knut and Chris go deep: statistics, uncertainty, why science is wrong, Guinness, having animals thrown at you, and Sisyphus Cliff's Notes.

Links:

  • PHD Comics
  • xkcd
  • Randall Munroe - Wikipedia
  • Guns N' Roses - Live And Let Die - YouTube
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video) - YouTube
  • Ronald Fisher - Wikipedia
  • Århus - Google Maps
  • Going To An Academic Conference? Here Are Some Tips
  • Scientists aim to keep the crunch in cornflakes - Telegraph
  • Donald Rumsfeld - Wikipedia
  • There are known knowns - Wikipedia
  • Corbett Report – Alex Tsakiris Argues That Science Is Wrong About Almost Everything
  • Why Science Is Wrong...About Almost Everything: Alex Tsakiris, Rupert Sheldrake: 9781938398315: Amazon.com: Books
  • A Beginner's Guide To Uncertainty Of Measurement [PDF]
  • Meta-analysis - Wikipedia
  • Replication crisis - Wikipedia
  • Daniel Kahneman Sees ‘Train-Wreck Looming’ for Social Psychology – Percolator - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Jobs Are Scarce for Ph.D.s - The Atlantic
  • Fra humaniora til næringslivet – Knut Melvær – Medium — Knut's piece on what humanities graduates should think about when looking for work in the outside world. Run it through Google Translate if you like, but remember that Knut is still first author.
  • Publish or perish - Wikipedia
  • RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms - YouTube — Sir Ken Robinson talks about the education sausage machine
  • Flipped classroom - Wikipedia
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Small DifferencesBy Knut Melvær & Chris Atherton