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Mary Dan Eades

By Dr. Mary Dan EadesHow do you measure age? A 2022 study done by Peterson and colleagues at the University of Michigan aimed to answer the question scientifically by correlating biomarkers of aging with hand grip strength (HGS) with the supposition that HGS could become an easily measured surrogate...

Broken Science

October 11, 2024 article from ZeroHedge.Drug studies sponsored by drug manufacturers tend to report higher drug efficacy than studies not sponsored by the drug company, a new report published in the Journal of Political Economy on Oct. 7 finds."Multiple attempts have been made over the years to coun...

Emily Unleashed

https://youtu.be/f93A32_M1zAIn this bonus episode James Franklin interviews Anton Garrett about his connections to major figures in probability theory, particularly E.T. Jaynes and David Stove. Garrett used Jaynes's work on probability to solve problems in statistical mechanics during his doctorate ...

Emily Unleashed

https://youtu.be/sqneorlfV34In Episode 7, Emily sits down with James Franklin, an Australian philosopher and mathematician. James was a student of David Stove in the 1970s, and later, a close friend. Emily and James dig into Stove’s work on logical probability and philosophy of science, particular...

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Mary Dan Eades

By Dr. Mary Dan EadesHow do you measure age? A 2022 study done by Peterson and colleagues at the University of Michigan aimed to answer the question scientifically by correlating biomarkers of aging with hand grip strength (HGS) with the supposition that HGS could become an easily measured surrogate...

Broken Science

October 11, 2024 article from ZeroHedge.Drug studies sponsored by drug manufacturers tend to report higher drug efficacy than studies not sponsored by the drug company, a new report published in the Journal of Political Economy on Oct. 7 finds."Multiple attempts have been made over the years to coun...

Emily Unleashed

https://youtu.be/f93A32_M1zAIn this bonus episode James Franklin interviews Anton Garrett about his connections to major figures in probability theory, particularly E.T. Jaynes and David Stove. Garrett used Jaynes's work on probability to solve problems in statistical mechanics during his doctorate ...

Emily Unleashed

https://youtu.be/sqneorlfV34In Episode 7, Emily sits down with James Franklin, an Australian philosopher and mathematician. James was a student of David Stove in the 1970s, and later, a close friend. Emily and James dig into Stove’s work on logical probability and philosophy of science, particular...

Mary Dan Eades

By Dr. Mary Dan EadesHow do you measure age? A 2022 study done by Peterson and colleagues at the University of Michigan aimed to answer the question scientifically by correlating biomarkers of aging with hand grip strength (HGS) with the supposition that HGS could become an easily measured surrogate...

Broken Science

October 11, 2024 article from ZeroHedge.Drug studies sponsored by drug manufacturers tend to report higher drug efficacy than studies not sponsored by the drug company, a new report published in the Journal of Political Economy on Oct. 7 finds."Multiple attempts have been made over the years to coun...

Malcolm Kendrick

By Malcolm KendrickIn 2019 I was attacked by a UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday. This newspaper has the largest readership in the UK, with many millions more who read the on-line version worldwide. The main accusation was that I, and Zoë Harcombe* were spreading misinformation about statins and chol...

Broken Science

September 3, 2024 article in Misinformation Review.Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI, and mimic scientific writing. Google Scholar easily locates and lists these questionable papers along...

Bob Kaplan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NBOR4gAzwwJOURNAL CLUB #2 PREVIEWConducted July 25, 2024, this meeting of the BSI Journal Club explored the 2014 study "Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population" pub...

Emily Unleashed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B72JZNkOfkComing August 28th!This episodic series from BSI's Emily Kaplan aims to change our collective conversation through art and science.Stay tuned for more....

Emily Kaplan

With Emily Kaplan and Jan Jekielek.July 11, 2024 video by the Epoch Times.Epoch TV interview with BSI’s Emily Kaplan on their show American Thought Leaders with Jan Jekielek. Emily and Jan touched on many topics at the heart of BSI including scientific misconduct, pharmaceutical industry influence...

Russell Berger

By Russell BergerIn October of 2023, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published Red meat intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective cohort study of United States females and males. It was authored by Walter Willett, a prominent professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan Schoo...

Emily Unleashed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B72JZNkOfkComing August 28th!This episodic series from BSI's Emily Kaplan aims to change our collective conversation through art and science.Stay tuned for more....

Greg Glassman

In early May 2024, Greg Glassman hosted a group of friends for tacos and an informal presentation of what science is, and the problems with the science of today.Greg centered the talk around explaining the basics of the scientific process of turning observations into measurements, developing models ...

Emily Kaplan

With Emily Kaplan and Jan Jekielek.July 11, 2024 video by the Epoch Times.Epoch TV interview with BSI’s Emily Kaplan on their show American Thought Leaders with Jan Jekielek. Emily and Jan touched on many topics at the heart of BSI including scientific misconduct, pharmaceutical industry influence...

Broken Science

bSI Epistemology Camp: 2024 Sunday at BSI’s 2024 Epistemology Camp was a loosely structured open discussion.In this third and final part the conversation revolves around the validation and impact of scientific models, emphasizing that their predictive strength is the primary measure of their u...

Emily Unleashed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B72JZNkOfkComing August 28th!This episodic series from BSI's Emily Kaplan aims to change our collective conversation through art and science.Stay tuned for more....

Broken Science

October 2024 documentary from BabyBroccoli.This 2022 documentary follows the life of Victor Ninov, who tried to fake an element during the race to create the heavy elements of the periodic table.Centered around Ninov’s story, this 80 minute video gives a wonderful overview of the history of artifi...

Greg Glassman

In early May 2024, Greg Glassman hosted a group of friends for tacos and an informal presentation of what science is, and the problems with the science of today.Greg centered the talk around explaining the basics of the scientific process of turning observations into measurements, developing models ...

Emily Kaplan

With Emily Kaplan and Jan Jekielek.July 11, 2024 video by the Epoch Times.Epoch TV interview with BSI’s Emily Kaplan on their show American Thought Leaders with Jan Jekielek. Emily and Jan touched on many topics at the heart of BSI including scientific misconduct, pharmaceutical industry influence...

Broken Science

October 11, 2024 article from ZeroHedge.Drug studies sponsored by drug manufacturers tend to report higher drug efficacy than studies not sponsored by the drug company, a new report published in the Journal of Political Economy on Oct. 7 finds."Multiple attempts have been made over the years to coun...

Emily Unleashed

https://youtu.be/sqneorlfV34In Episode 7, Emily sits down with James Franklin, an Australian philosopher and mathematician. James was a student of David Stove in the 1970s, and later, a close friend. Emily and James dig into Stove’s work on logical probability and philosophy of science, particular...

Malcolm Kendrick

By Malcolm KendrickIn 2019 I was attacked by a UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday. This newspaper has the largest readership in the UK, with many millions more who read the on-line version worldwide. The main accusation was that I, and Zoë Harcombe* were spreading misinformation about statins and chol...

Broken Science

October 1, 2024 article in Retraction Watch.Retraction Watch exposes a vast and resilient network of fraudulent academic businesses, led by the Academic Research and Development Association (ARDA) and its affiliates, that sell fake authorship, publications, and conferences."By searching for other en...