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A Cell (IF = 67) paper claimed that vasopressin worsened COVID. The editor was notified of inaccuracies in the paper, but they refused to take any action—unless a replication refuted the results.

The critics took this challenge on, and did not find support for the original study's findings. Yet, the editor still has not issued a correction and stopped responding to emails.

The original authors have since had 5 other papers retracted.

retractionwatch.com/2022/12/29
@academicchatter @OpenScience

How is science questioned? Through meticulous review to determine if there are any errors or missing factors that are not accounted for.

That is exactly what climate scientists have done for over a century, and that is why we KNOW climate change is real, human-caused & serious.

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Anti-doping is a fascinating field that brings together biology, physiology, chemistry, social science, sport, policy, law, and other specialties to help keep competition fair and protect the health of athletes.

In this new podcast episode, I spoke with Jane Rumble, CEO of UK Anti-Doping, about anti-doping efforts in the UK, how they are continuing to develop and implement new innovations, the importance of scientific research in anti-doping, and more.

cleancompetition.org/2022/12/2

“The political scientists and the historians tell us that the best sign of a successful coup coming is a recently failed coup where the coup plotters get to diagram the weaknesses in the existing structure, and they are emboldened if not held accountable for what they did.”

#Jan6 #JamieRaskin
youtube.com/watch?v=DIpkiTe_zT

Elsevier appears to be collecting and monetizing our personal data, sometimes without our consent. The data they collect can be used to "extrapolate core working hours, vacation times, and other patterns of a person’s life."

What can we do?

Over 20,000 researchers are refusing to publish, review, or edit for Elsevier. You can also ask them to delete your "non-integral" personal data: elsevier.com/legal/privacy-pol

Article by @eikofried eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-hote
#OpenScience @academicchatter

The validity (and ultimately translational inferences) of brain-phenotype associations requires consideration of potential noise sources like head motion. Very excited to have been part of this excellent work (led by Ben Kay with @nicodosenbach) on this topic.

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

tic-like presentations differ strikingly from Provisional Tic Disorder.
Proud of this one. Constructive comments welcome.
@F1000Research, f1000research.com/articles/11-15… [version 1; awaiting peer review]

RT @SatelliteTracy
I had to go find the tweet myself because I couldn’t believe it. I think this might be the point where I can’t justify staying here any longer. Dr. Fauci was a calm voice of reason who undoubtedly saved lives during the pandemic. This is incitement.

RT @ACPinternists
As an MACP of the College, ACP holds Dr. Anthony Fauci in the highest esteem for his extraordinary career accomplishments and contributions to public health in the U.S. and throughout the #InternalMedicine community. #IMProud #ThankYouDrFauci #WeStandWithFauci #IStandWithDrFauci

Next generation of GPT bot rumored to so realistic that when you ask it to write something important to meet a deadline it goes ahead and cleans your house.

Just a friendly reminder to fellow academics that, while we are all used to be constantly critical in our assessments, it is still perfectly acceptable to also reach out to authors when we actually like their work, even if it is just to let them know.

If not done already, give it a try. The worst that can happen is that you provoke someone to smile and have a delightful moment.

RT @lassoan
This is a game changer. Segment 100+ structures in any whole-body CT image in 2 minutes using TotalSegmentator in @3DSlicerApp
All free, open-source software. Runs on any computer, no GPU is required. See more information at discourse.slicer.org/t/26710

Grammar and punctuation humor is among the better humors.

Wow, wow, WOW 🤩🤩

#RStudio #RTutor
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RT @Physacourses
This is just amazing!
Have a look at RTutor (RTutor.ai). It can generate & test R code just by “chatting” with it.
RTutor will then generate functional code to answer your question, making it easy for those without R experience
#RStats #MachineLearning #DataScience
twitter.com/Physacourses/statu

RT @IsaiahNeurology
Wonderful to hear @andreashorn_ discuss linking intracranial electrophysiology with the #connectome

Just generated three ChatGPT short answers on social science prompts that I might expect in undergrad exams. The results weren’t outstanding, but they weren’t bad—definitely a passing grade. The fact that they weren’t really bad or really great makes them stand out even less—they’re on the high end of the fat part of the bell curve, right where a cheater would want to be. Most troubling, they sailed past plagiarism detection (6%, 2%, 0% of text flagged).

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