Dorothy BishopNov 20, 2023
Defence against the dark arts: my proposal for a new MSc course
http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2023/11/defence-against-dark-arts-proposal-for.html
I do hope at least one university takes this seriously
#fraud #integrity #misconduct #training #sleuths
Defence against the dark arts: a proposal for a new MSc course

  Since I retired, an increasing amount of my time has been taken up with investigating scientific fraud. In recent months, I've become co...

Show threadEhud

@deevybee

I’ve been teaching something similar in various formats for several years. http://www.ehudlamm.com/fringe.html

In the last iteration I spent a third of the semester on @ct_bergstrom Calling Bullshit and included more material on conspiracy theories, as better scholarship has begun to appear.

Unfortunately, our history and philosophy students weren’t very keen on taking this course.

Ehud Lamm - Fringe Science

Nov 20, 2023 at 9:33amWeb
Show threadAlessia ViscontiNov 20, 2023

@ehud @deevybee @ct_bergstrom

I'm preparing a course explaining how to read a scientific paper, and these topics are so important and yet so overlooked.

I'll surely going to feast on any material you shared or will be sharing in the future 😬 Thanks!

Show threadCarl T. BergstromNov 20, 2023

@ehud @deevybee

That's surprising and disappointing. Our students seem to have an insatiable curiosity about kooks, cranks, conspiracy theorists, and all that.

Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 20, 2023
@ehud @deevybee @ct_bergstrom I think calling it "Defence Against the Dark Arts" is a marketing masterstroke.
Show threadEhudNov 20, 2023
@mike @deevybee @ct_bergstrom Right!