OPEN SCIENCE & ITS ENEMIES, PART II

"in this episode, I present the second part of my three-part critique of some aspects of the open science movement. Part I was motivated by publication of the latest example of the poor, but popular open science tactic of p-circling – the post-hoc selection of p-values in other people's papers that is then used to justify harsh, unfair & unprincipled critique of the work. in Part II, i broaden the scope of, & the evidence for, my argument that the worst enemies of open science often come from within the open science movement itself; they wear its badges & they run its populist propaganda machines.

deviating from the error bar's usual format, this is a very long episode. it's not much longer than many other science-based podcasts, & the error bar releases episodes far less frequently & more sporadically than the market leaders. with this half-apology for its length, let's do the 40th episode of the error bar...."