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Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and outright skepticism. Recently, scientists claimed the “strongest evidence” of ...
Psychology Today

Evaluating Scientific Claims in the Era of COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine! Famotidine! Ozone! Bleach! Every day there seem to be claims for new treatments to conquer COVID-19 or a host of other ills, ranging from measles to AIDS. For the last half-dozen ...
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

(THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a ...
The Conversation

‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life

Chris Impey receives funding from the Natonal Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the ...
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New technologies like AI come with big claims. The scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

Technological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, some have proclaimed that "a year in machine learning is a century in any other field." But how do you know whether those advancements are ...
Psychology Today

Scientific Thinking in the Digital Age

In today’s polarized digital landscape, disagreement often leads to division rather than dialogue. But what if scientific thinking could help us navigate online noise, challenge our assumptions, and ...
Phys.org

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public's trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a statistician involved in ...
Times Union

New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of ...
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of ...
The Conversation

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

Mark Louie Ramos does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...