Sanjay Srivastava
Personality, reputation, lifespan development, research methods, open science. Blog: thehardestscience.com. Podcast: @blackgoatpod. He/him
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A toast to the error detectors
Let 2020 be the year in which we value those who ensure that science is self-correcting.
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Sanjay Srivastava
"Instead of punishing people who flag errors, we should scramble to hire them, give them prizes and award them grants so they can keep improving science... It’s only thanks to error detectors that we can proclaim that science is self-correcting"
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Do We Want to Be Credible or Incredible?
Transparency plus scrutiny guarantee that research gets the credibility it deserves, according to APS Fellow Simine Vazire, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis.
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Sanjay Srivastava
"Are we willing to reserve bold claims of discovery for findings that are transparently reported and withstand the scrutiny and verification that transparency invites?"
Transparency is just a means. @siminevazire asks if we're ready for what it enables
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Sign the Petition
The APS should withdraw its support from the AAP-led letter to the White House
Sanjay Srivastava
I just signed.
"As a signatory to this letter, APS is explicitly lobbying the United States federal government against the interests of both APS members and the broader public that relies on the science APS members produce"
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An Almost-Win for Student Voting Privileges
65.98% were in favor of granting students at APA voting privileges, falling a mere 58 votes shy of the exact two-thirds majority needed to enact the change.
Statement from APS Regarding Possible Executive Order Affecting Publications
Recently, reports emerged that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy was in the process of developing an executive order to overturn established federal policy and make articles reporting on US federally funded research immediately...
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Sanjay Srivastava
This statement from APS makes it sound like their opposition to full open access was about the timing. So I'd like to ask @PsychScience: Was there an actual process under way at APS to make the federally funded research you publish open without embargoes? psychologicalscience.org/policy/stateme… pic.twitter.com/bAYRQ6riPp
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Is your future income written in your DNA?
A newly published paper makes the claim that variation in people’s income can be partly traced to variations in their genes. Indeed, it i...
Concerns about SRA Signing Publishing Letter
December 20, 2019 Executive Council of the Society for Research on Adolescence: Rob Crosnoe, [email protected] Velma Murry, [email protected] Lisa Crockett, [email protected] Gabriela Stein, [email protected] Michael Cunningham,...
Collabra: Psychology
Collabra: Psychology, the official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, is a mission-driven Open Access (OA) journal from the University of California Press that shares not only the research it publishes, but also the...
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Sanjay Srivastava
@jaclynasiegel Here is @CollabraOA's stance on waivers. They've set aside a stream of money for people who don't have grant or institutional funds so that that isn't a barrier collabra.org/about/faq/ pic.twitter.com/CPpfaC6zDf
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Sociologists in support of open access policy
In light of a rumored new White House Open Access Policy, the American Sociological Association (ASA), and other scholarly societies, signed a letter to President Trump in support of continued embargoes for federally-funded research. The letter is...
How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science | Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman: The incentives offered by top journals distort science, just as big bonuses distort banking
How Warren bulldozed Hillary on the economy
The Massachusetts senator pressured Clinton to consult a list of liberal academics.
Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment brooch sends a subtle but powerful statement
The mace brooch is a symbol of the House of Representatives’ legislative authority.
The Constitution was not built for this
Republicans’ vote against Trump’s impeachment reveals a broken system — and a democracy at real risk of failure.
Sanjay Srivastava
Alexander Hamilton: "Where else than in the Senate could have been found a tribunal sufficiently dignified, or sufficiently independent?"
vox.com/policy-and-pol… pic.twitter.com/o87aQIAE62
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Professor Removed Then Reinstated Over Discussion on Race | Inside Higher Ed
Louisiana Tech University briefly removed an instructor of history from teaching over class discussions on race and other topics before reinstating him this month. The instructor, Michael Savage, did not immediately respond to an interview request....
Sanjay Srivastava
A history professor "confirmed that Savage was reinstated as she attributed the move to student action."
Protest can work
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India Adopts the Tactic of Authoritarians: Shutting Down the Internet
India, the world’s largest democracy, shuts down the internet far more than any other country. This week, 60 million people — roughly the size of France — have no service.
Sanjay Srivastava
India was once proud of its commitments to secularism and democracy. It is heartbreaking and awful to watch them being shaken so badly
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Carry Yourself With the Confidence of a Male Scientist
Male researchers are more likely than women to use novel and other flattering terms to promote their studies.