Researchers planning to do #SystematicReviews must now plan to filter out the #JunkScience. That's difficult, time-consuming, error-prone, and demoralizing. It causes some researchers to drop their plans and forces others to move more slowly.
https://www.science.org/content/article/systematic-reviews-aim-extract-broad-conclusions-many-studies-are-peril
(#paywalled)
#Academia #LiteratureReviews #MetaResearch #MetaScience #ScholComm
@academicchatter
He Was Convicted of Killing His Baby. The DA’s Office Says He’s Innocent, but That Might Not Be Enough.
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When new scientific evidence casts doubt on convictions, the justice system has no easy path to freedom — even when it’s the prosecutors doing the asking.
#Nashville #Tennessee #News #Crime #CriminalJustice #Courts #Law #Police #CivilRights #JunkScience #Science #Babies #TrueCrime
https://www.propublica.org/article/nashville-conviction-review-russell-maze-shaken-baby-syndrome
Und jetzt tun wir mal alle ganz überrascht. https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/24/paper-recommending-vitamin-d-for-covid-19-retracted-four-years-after-expression-of-concern/ #Covid19 #VitaminD #junkscience
Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/investigating-crime-science-forensics #US #crime #forensics #PoliceLineups #fingerprinting #trace DNA #JunkScience
Three "#junkscience" #abortionpill #studies were just #retracted. Will the #SupremeCourt notice?
“I hope that this will make people more careful about when they #cite #studies," one #lawyer told #Salon
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.salon.com/2024/02/08/three-junk-science-abortion-pill-studies-were-just-retracted-will-the-notice/
#JuliaSerano on #Autogynephilia, #JunkScience, and #Pseudoscience
Plus links to her #academicarticles, #onlineessays, and #explainers on the topics.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-junk-science-and-pseudoscience
This Is How to #Fight the #Disinformation That #Fuels #GenderAffirming #HealthCare #Bans.
#Facism, #Junkscience, #distortions, and outright #falsehoods fuel #antitrans #rhetoric, which in turn fuels gender-affirming care bans. Here’s how to #spot and #dismantle the #disinformation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.them.us/story/anti-trans-gender-affirming-care-ban-disinformation-myths-debunked
"#RapidOnsetGenderDysphoria" Republished In #JunkScience #Journal With A #Shady #Record.
A paper about "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria," #retracted in March, was #republished in a #journal with a shady record. #Major #antitrans #accounts celebrated this as a "#victory."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #JunkScience #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-republished
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for #Murder
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The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a #baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable.
Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
#Pregnancy #Stillbirth #Mothers #Parents #Families #Health #HealthCare #CriminalJustice #JunkScience #Science #Forensics #News
Just became aware of this resource for criminal defense lawyers. Lots of supposedly sound science is used in the courtroom to convict people, but on closer examination, the techniques are junk -- flawed and unreliable.
I've just found the most riduclous "stats" on #queer people.
Infinite Comparison claims that 1% are #asexual. But they ALSO claim that only 1 in 590 people (0.17%) are #allosexual. 
(Reminder: "Allosexual" means that you're NOT part of the asexual spectrum. I think you can figure out the rest.)
