We have a wide-ranging chat with Saloni Dattani (Kings College London and University of Hong Kong) about the benefits of dividing scientific labor, the magazine she co-founded (Works in Progress) that shares novel ideas and stories of progress, and fighting online misinformation
Here are some links and other stuff we cover
Follow Saloni on Twitter: https://twitter.com/salonium
Why Saloni started the Works in Progress (https://worksinprogress.co/) magazine
Overleaf (overleaf.com), for writing papers in LaTeX
How science will benefit from the division of labour
Public writing vs. scientific writing
Why has behavioral science not been very useful in curbing the pandemic?
A paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378378220302929) suggested a link between digit ratio (2D:4D) and sex differences in COVID fatalities, and another paper (https://psyarxiv.com/ht74e/) debunking this claim
A paper (https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-are-bald-men-at-greater-risk-of-severe-coronavirus-illness) suggesting baldness is a coronavirus risk factor, without controlling for age
Should peer-review be abolished altogether? Paper link (https://academic.oup.com/bjps/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjps/axz029/5526887)
The Japanese mathematician (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-mystery-shinichi-mochizuki-and-the-impenetrable-proof/) who solved an "impossible" conjecture and posted the papers on his website
Reforms are more likely by work by chipping away at smaller problems, rather trying to fix everyting
Google dataset search https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/
The COVIDfaq.co website
Other links
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, February 15) "126: The division of scientific labor (with Saloni Dattani)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VJA4S Special Guest: Saloni Dattani.