Podcasts Science Everything Hertz 53: Skin in the game

53: Skin in the game

Published: Nov. 17, 2017, noon

Dan and James discuss whether you need to have \u201cskin in the game\u201d to critique research.

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Here's what else they cover in the episode:

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  • Should scientists be required to communicate their science?
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  • If your research is likely to be misinterpreted try and get out of in front of what's going to be said
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  • Will science communication just become another metric?
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  • The distinction between \u201cscience communication\u201d and \u201cscience media\u201d
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  • Who\u2019s going to pay for all science communicators that we\u2019ll need to communicate everyone\u2019s science?
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  • Dan and James mispronounce Dutch and German names and give a formal apology to the nation of The Netherlands
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  • Outcome switching in clinical trials
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  • Does having skin in the game guarantee expertise, or just wild biases?
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  • James\u2019 recent desk rejection from a Journal Editor
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  • Dan\u2019s method to invite manuscript reviewers as an Associate Editor
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Links:
\nThe science communication Twitter thread https://twitter.com/ocaptmycapt/status/927193779693645825
\nERC comics https://www.erccomics.com
\nThe \u201cskin in the game\u201d tweet https://twitter.com/paperbag1/status/914923706648055813
\nThat study in neuopsychopharmacology on a IL-6 receptor antibody to treat residual symptoms in schizophrenia https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2017258

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