I wrote yesterday about that new paper finding that a science-communication course doesn& #39;t improve students& #39; science communication. The replies (on the post, and on Twitter) are interesting! (1/6)
In a nutshell, everyone agrees the study must be wrong. (It& #39;s pretty clear that the authors hope everyone is right about this, but they can& #39;t figure out how). (2/6)
Like the authors, I hope the study is wrong. But we do science, right? We need to consider the fact that the world isn& #39;t the way we hope it is. (3/6)
Some of the suggestions people bring up are plausible and important - and in general, those are ones the authors considered in the paper. Others are.... creative. (4/6)
I think it& #39;s revealing about the amount of mental gymnastics we& #39;re willing to do to preserve a favourite hypothesis, especially when the alternative is (to be honest) kind of dispiriting. (5/6)
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