Science

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Placebo Effect

If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?

Mike Hall -
Once you eliminate well-understood elements like bias and regression to the mean, there's no remarkable placebo effect left to explain
Psychology

The wisdom of crowds: when collective ignorance beats individual expertise

Jim Cliff -
While the wisdom of crowds can help guess jelly beans or the weight of an ox, the real wisdom is knowing when – and when not – to rely on it
Technology

Evaluating the ethics of AI requires seeing through the never-ending hype

Aaron Rabinowitz -
As AI becomes ubiquitous, the ethical implications of its use become ever-clearer – can skeptics use AI ethically in good conscience?
Politics

How the Data Rescue Project is protecting data from political attacks

Lena Bohman -
With the US government's attack on access to information and data transparency, the Data Rescue Project's team of volunteers is keeping at-risk data alive
Psychology

Why behavioural science facts falter where false information flourishes

Chantal den Daas, Marie Johnston -
Misinformation spreads, in part, because its messages are short and easy to grasp - meanwhile, reality is complex, nuanced, and hard to make succinct
Science

NAD the answer? Behind the marketing hype of life-extension supplementation

Brian Goncus -
When it comes to life-extension technology, there's much current hype around NAD and NMN supplementation - but robust evidence is still lacking
Society

AI isn’t killing literature – it isn’t even close to replacing professional writers

James Machell -
While there were fears about a slop deluge flooding literature magazines, the truth is that AI lacks the inventiveness to rise above talented writers
Moral Panics

The Online Safety Act doesn’t make our children any safer

Mike Hall -
The Online Safety Act may be well-intentioned, but it is a fundamentally flawed attempt to legislate away a complex social issue.
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