Dan and James chat with Cailin O'Connor (University of California, Irvine) about the how false beliefs spread in science and remedies for this issue Here's what they cover: * Why should psychologist scientists learn about the philosophy of science? * Cailin's new preprint on error propogation that she co-authrored * Boyd and Richerson's "[Culture and the Evolutionary Process" book](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo5970597.html) * [Episode 91 with Kristin Sainani](https://everythinghertz.com/91) that discussed magnitude based inference * [Christie Aschwanden](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-shoddy-statistics-found-a-home-in-sports-research/) on Magnitude Based Inference * [The Misinformation age](https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300234015/misinformation-age), co-authored by Cailin * Cailin's paper on the [retraction of scientific papers](http://cailinoconnor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Retractions_in_Epistemic_Networks-2.pdf) * With Scite, you can be alterted whether a given paper has been retracted * Where should you start if you're interested in the philosophy of science? * [Science as social knowledge](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691020518/science-as-social-knowledge), by Helen Longino * Cailin's [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/cailinmeister) and you should also check out [her website](http://cailinoconnor.com/) **Other links** - [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) --------------------------------- [Support us on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast) and get bonus stuff! - $1 a month: 20% discount on Everything Hertz merchandise, a monthly newsletter, access to the occasional bonus episode, and the the warm feeling you're supporting the show - $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus episode every month --------------------------------- **Episode citation** Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, November 16) "120: How false beliefs spread in science (with Cailin O'Connor", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/6S8TB