Distrust : big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science /

"There is no doubt science is currently suffering from a credibility crisis. This thought-provoking book argues that, ironically, science's credibility is being undermined by tools created by scientists themselves. Scientific disinformation and damaging conspiracy theories are rife because...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Gary, 1945- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, Inc., [2023]
Subjects:	Disinformation. Science > Social aspects. Science > Public opinion. Communication in science. Data mining. Evidence. Trust. Sciences > Aspect social. Information scientifique. Exploration de données (Informatique) Évidence. Confiance. Sciences > Opinion publique. COMPUTERS. History. SCIENCE. Philosophy & Social Aspects. Conspiracy Theories. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Communication in science Data mining Evidence Science > Social aspects Trust Sociology & anthropology. Society. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : disinformation, data torturing, and data mining
Part I: Disinformation. 1. The paranormal is normal ; 2. Flying saucers and space tourists ; 3. Elite conspiracies ; 4. A post-fact world
Part I: Data torturing. 5. Squeezing blood from rocks; 6. Most medicines disappoint ; 7. Provocative, but wrong
Part III. Data mining. 8. Looking for needles in haystacks ; 9. Beat the market ; 10. Too much data
Part IV. The real promise and peril of AI. 11. Overpromising and underdelivering ; 12. Artificial unintelligence
Part V. The crisis. 13. Irreproducible research ; 14. The replication crisis ; 15. Restoring the luster of science.