We chat with Tom about whether psychology has a conflict-of-interest problem and how to best define such conflicts.
Links and other stuff we cover...
Tom's article (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02041-5) on conflicts of interest in psychology
How can we define a conflict an interest without falling down a rabbit hole?
Communication statistics to the layperson
How science journalism focuses on single studies rather than the larger story
Tom’s new book: The AI does not hate you (https://www.amazon.com/Does-Not-Hate-You-Superintelligence-ebook/dp/B07K258VCV)
Win Tom’s book! Tweet your favourite Hertz episode and we’ll pick one at random, who'll get sent Tom's book
How do journalists go about hearing from new voices for story comments?
What has Tom changes his mind about?
Tom’s book recommendation: Galileo's Middle Finger (https://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Middle-Finger-Heretics-Activists/dp/0143108115)
Other links
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Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, August 5) "Conflicts of interest in psychology (with Tom Chivers)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/F9WBM (https://osf.io/f9wbm/) Special Guest: Tom Chivers.