Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780192868459,0192868454, 9780192694713, 0192694715

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0192694715
• ISBN-13: 9780192694713
• Author:  Gary Smith

There is no doubt science is currently suffering from a credibility crisis. This thought-provoking book argues that, ironically, science’s credibility is being undermined by tools created by scientists themselves. Scientific disinformation and damaging conspiracy theories are rife because of the internet that science created, the scientific demand for empirical evidence and statistical significance leads to data torturing and confirmation bias, and data mining is fuelled by the technological advances in Big Data and the development of ever-increasingly powerful computers. Using a wide range of entertaining examples, this fascinating book examines the impacts of society’s growing distrust of science, and ultimately provides constructive suggestions for restoring the credibility of the scientific community.

Table contents:

PART I DISINFORMATION

1. The Paranormal Is Normal

2. Flying Saucers and Space Tourists

3. Elite Conspiracies

4. A Post-Fact World

PART II DATA TORTURING

5. Squeezing Blood from Rocks

6. Most Medicines Disappoint

7. Provocative, but Wrong

PART III DATA MINING

8. Looking for Needles in Haystacks

9. Beat the Market

10. Too Much Data

PART IV THE REAL PROMISE AND PERIL OF AI

11. Overpromising and Underdelivering

12. Artificial Unintelligence

PART V THE CRISIS

13. Irreproducible Research

14. The Replication Crisis

15. Restoring the Luster of Science

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