Article TSP7 500 phrases from scientific publications that are correlated with bullshit

500 phrases from scientific publications that are correlated with bullshit

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Cory Doctorow
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Matthew Hankins catalogs 500 phrases used in scientific articles that researchers use to figleaf the fact that their results aren't statistically significant, and to hand-wave-away the fact that they're publishing anyway. (more")

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