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LTT: Edouard Machery
November 17, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Edouard Machery, Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science and Pitt HPS
Are Perverse Incentives Responsible for the Replication Crisis?
This will be an online talk via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jtArjv8yS4eTHjXBHTq53w
ABSTRACT: It is commonly claimed that unacceptable or questionable scientific practices, including fraud, salami publishing, and p-hacking, are due to the perverse incentives that shape scientific research. In this talk I will examine critically the empirical evidence and the models in support of this claim.