Darpa Wants to Build a BS Detector for Science

Published: Aug. 1, 2017, 8:12 a.m.

b'Adam Russell, an anthropologist and program manager at the Department of Defense\\u2019s mad-science division Darpa, laughs at the suggestion that he is trying to build a real, live, bullshit detector. But he doesn\\u2019t really seem to think it\\u2019s funny. The quite serious call for proposals Russell just sent out on Darpa stationery asks people\\u2014anyone! Even you!\\u2014for ways to determine what findings from the social and behavioral sciences are actually, you know, true.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'