Everything Hertz

By Dan QuintanaScience Social Sciences Medicine Health & Fitness

Everything Hertz episodes

May 30, 2022155: Don't you know who I am?
We chat about appeals to authority when responding to scientific critique, university ranking systems, Goodhart’s law (and its origin), and private institutional review boards.
Links
The history of Goodhart's law
The original psychadelics paper in Nature Medicine
The critique
The response to the critique
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, May 30) "155: Don't you know who I am?", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VXBKS
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47 min
May 09, 2022154: When the evidence is constructed around the narrative
We chat about the Theranos story and the parallels with academic research, as well as Twitter's new owner and whether academics will actually leave the platform
Links
Mastodon (the band)
Elon Musk’s Onion article
The Dropout podcast
The Juicero
Bad Blood: The Final Chapter podcast by John Carreyrou
"Macho Man" Randy Savage
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, May 9) "154: When the evidence is constructed around the narrative", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/45Z2J
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52 min
April 18, 2022153: Shame shame shame
We discuss a journal's new "wall of shame" page, which details unethical behaviours in an effort to discourage future misconduct. We also cover scientific ideas that won't die (but one idea that HAS died), and ECNP's "negative data" prize
The audio quality of this recording isn't up to our usual standards as we were both travelling and without our normal recording gear. We'll be back with our normal gear next episode!
Links
James’ letter to the editor/obituary on sympathovagal balance
The Mirror neuron book that Dan mentioned
The Wall of Shame page
An archive of the Wall of Shame page if it gets taken down
A story from 2014 on Paul Brooks and his Science Fraud website
Another story on Paul Brooks from Retraction Watch
News story: Missing Australian 'fraudster' could have cut off her own FOOT to trick police into thinking she is dead, cops say after body part is found
Best Negative Data Prize
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, April 18) "153: Shame shame shame", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/YZ8VG
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48 min
April 04, 2022152: Sorry Not Sorry
James and Dan chat about apologies vs. non-apologies, how to decide when to call it quits on a paper, and governments vetoing research proposals recommended by their own funding agencies
Links for stuff we mention
The tweet from Chris Jackson that started it all
Chris Jackson's Hertz episode on the cumulative advantage of academic capital
The Science Diagrams that Look Like Shitposts twitter account
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, April 4) "152: Sorry Not Sorry", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/WBVXZ
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56 min
March 21, 2022151: The dirty dozen
Dan and James discuss a new preprint that details twelve p-hacking strategies and simulates their impact on false-positive rates. They also discuss the Great Resignation in academia and the academic job market.
Links
The twitter discussion on Associate editor pay kicked off by Eiko Fried
The p-hacking paper from Angelika Stefan and Felix Schönbrodt
The sample size preprint from Daniel Lakens
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, March 21) "151: The dirty dozen", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KNM59
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40 min
February 28, 2022150: Why can't you do nothing?
We discuss the latest paper to seriously use the Kardashian index, which is the discrepancy between a scientist's publication record and social media following, and a listener question on whether original authors should get the last word when a comment on an article is submitted
Links
The paper on citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy
The Rapid Responses comments on the paper
The peer review reports for the paper
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About PubPeer
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Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, February 28) "150: Why can't you do nothing?", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7RPA4
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53 min
February 14, 2022149: Medical misinformation (with Rohin Francis)
Dan and James chat with cardiologist Rohin Francis about medical misinformation and how he uses YouTube for science communication via his 'Medlife Crisis' channel.
Links to stuff that was mentioned:
Rohin's YouTube channel
Rohin on Twitter
Can you be so fit that you die video?
Why does getting in the water want to make you pee video
What is the stupidest nerve in the body video
Can you legally buy a human skeleton video
The Tibbies YouTube channel
Up and atom YouTube Channel
Belinda Carr YouTube Channel
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, February 14) "149: Medical misinformation (with Rohin Francis)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7RCMN
Special Guest: Rohin Francis.
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57 min
January 31, 2022148: Academic reference letters
Dan and James chat about why academic reference letters are terrible, a recent position statement on preprints, and whether the "great resignation" is also happening in academia.
Links to stuff that was mentioned:
The tweet from Dr. Eliza Bliss-Moreau on acedemic reference letter
The tweet from Gilad Feldman about the 100 references he's submitted in 2020 alone
The AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP joint position statement paper on medical publications, preprints, and peer review,
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, January 31) "148: Academic reference letters", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VZ67
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52 min
January 17, 2022147: The $7000 golden ticket
We discuss the $7000 'accelerated publication' option for some Taylor & Francis journals that promises 3-5 week publication and a novel type of research fellowship.
Details for the accelerated publication
The New Science 2022 Summer Fellowship
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2022, January 17) "147: The $7000 golden ticket", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VNPBJ
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55 min
December 27, 2021146: Skills pay bills
We answer a series of questions from a listener on whether to start a PhD, what to ask potential supervisors, the financial perils of being a PhD student, the future of higher education, the importance of skills, what keeps us going, and more.
Here are the specific questions that we answered in this episode (the background to these questions is shared in the episode):
Would you have any advice on how I can even decide whether to commence a PhD?
Are there any questions in particular that you think are important to ask prospective supervisors?
How do people make PhDs work financially? You are supposed to treat the degree like a regular 40 hour/ week job (and students commonly fail to do so). However, what full-time job pays ~$540 per week and expects this?! You are not supposed to work > 8 hours/ week outside of this?! I thought I could at least work 2-3 full days a week if I needed to.
Why do people generally leave academia, or not continue, after their PhD, despite obvious potential?
In what form do you think universities will be around in 5 and 10 years?
Are one-year progress reports from the PhD committee enough to stay on track?
What utility do PhDs hold inside and outside of academia? Apparently, skills matter more than a topic, and you have a better chance of getting a postdoc etc... if you have worked on a hot topic with a well-known supervisor.
How can one start the PhD prepared enough to finish it on time and earlier?
I am wondering what keeps academics going. I may be jaded, but lab environments don’t seem collaborative, and academics seem to be ruled by the admin people and hedge fund managers (or whoever). They also seem to make their money off students (i.e., the customer). I see a reverence for science and people trying to game the system, but not people wanting to seek truth in science. I now wonder how much of academia is motivated by pride, comfort, and not knowing what else to do. In my mind (and I am exaggerating a little), the PhD journey is coming to resemble an abusive relationship between the student and the uni, facilitated by the supervisor who hopefully gets something out of it. I assume it only gets worse from here.
I have been told that the PhD is the only program that offers solid research training and the ability to do your original research (something an industry job does not offer). Even if I accept those premises, I now wonder what it is all for.
Where do you both see yourselves in 5 and 10 years?
What keeps you both going?
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, December 27) "146: Skills pay bills", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/PUW6N
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