Distrust : big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science /

This book argues that our growing distrust of science is fuelled by tools scientists themselves created, as technological advances and developments in data analysis have led to disinformation, data torturing, and data mining. Smith examines these issues and offers solutions for restoring the credibi...

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Introduction : disinformation, data torturing, and data mining --
Disinformation --
paranormal is normal --
Flying saucers and space tourists --
Elite conspiracies --
post-fact world --
Data torturing --
Squeezing blood from rocks --
Most medicines disappoint --
Provocative, but wrong --
Data mining --
Looking for needles in haystacks --
Beat the market --
Too much data --
real promise and peril of AI --
Overpromising and underdelivering --
Artificial unintelligence --
crisis --
Irreproducible research --
replication crisis --
Restoring the luster of science.
1. Verfasser:
Smith, Gary
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Zusammenfassung:
This book argues that our growing distrust of science is fuelled by tools scientists themselves created, as technological advances and developments in data analysis have led to disinformation, data torturing, and data mining. Smith examines these issues and offers solutions for restoring the credibility of the scientific community.
Umfang:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-309) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-196439-5
0-19-269470-7
0-19-269471-5
Schlagworte:
Science > Social aspects.
Communication in science.
Data mining.
Evidence.
Trust.
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