Stuart Ritchie
Comms at Anthropic; writer and podcaster on bad science.
Newsletter: sciencefictions.org
Podcast: thestudiesshowpod.com
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieJust finished listening to this great episode by @stuartjritchie.bsky.social and @tomchivers.bsky.social on whether early-onset cancer rates are really up. Can highly recommend—it’s not only a relevant topic, but also a great exercise in the care that’s needed when somebody gives you a number.
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieHuge job here for someone - Anthropic is hiring an econ-focused writer to work on @stuartjritchie.bsky.social's team boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieWriters and researchers working on economics, science and AI - Anthropic are advertising for a writer! And you get to work with @stuartjritchie.bsky.social boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchiePosting this here because it seems like a great job people should see, working for @stuartjritchie.bsky.social at Anthropic. If you’re a brilliant writer on economics and society and want to help the world understand AI better, consider applying. boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieHow the excellent The Studies Show podcast ( @tomchivers.bsky.social and @stuartjritchie.bsky.social ) surprised me by introducing me to the fiendish collider bias: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-... #Statistics #badcorrelations
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieAn ENTIRE podcast on collider bias 🤓🎉 - love it! Here is our take for gene x evironment studies! Can’t wait to listen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Some said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieIn response to the final few seconds in this podcast, that CB is something to be aware of but really hard to actually DO anything about. Here’s our suggestions in the genetic epidemiology context: journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
- Some said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieIndeed, great episode by @tomchivers.bsky.social & @stuartjritchie.bsky.social on collider bias & for criminologists worth checking this research note pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- Some said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieThe latest The Studies Show is in your inboxes! On a strange statistical anomaly that can make it seem like smoking protects you from COVID and obesity is good for your heart www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieWhen John Kingman - who has done more to drive good policy on UK economic growth than anyone - gives advice, I really hope people listen. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieThe Economist claims many UK and US (not shown) masters degrees have negative financial returns (especially for men) by the age of 35 www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
- Depressed, but not actually surprised, to see that Morrissey is now singing in front of slide shows of “Puppetmaster” Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci 😖😩
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieLove this podcast! Good banter, mediocre science.
- For those who don't know: @stuartjritchie.bsky.social and I run a science-based podcast called The Studies Show! Our latest episode is on RFK Jr and water fluoridation www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-56... but we've got about 70 episodes now: check them out here www.thestudiesshowpod.com/archive
- This is the kind of echo-chamber slop I was hoping NOT to see on this platform!
- This is such a silly straw man, and Carl (and everyone reposting this) should know better. The argument is that *to the greatest extent possible, science should not be political*. Everyone agrees that it IS political, but that’s bad! We should make it less so.
- This user blocks the quoter.When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieFor those who don't know: @stuartjritchie.bsky.social and I run a science-based podcast called The Studies Show! Our latest episode is on RFK Jr and water fluoridation www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-56... but we've got about 70 episodes now: check them out here www.thestudiesshowpod.com/archive
- Absolutely love a good bad book review, and this one is hilarious. Jordan Peterson’s new book sounds absolutely dreadful, and maybe even a little psychotic…? www.thetimes.com/article/413d...
- The review is funny all the way through, but in particular I LOL’d at this part:
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieWorks in Progress is on Bluesky! 🥳 Find our team & authors in this starter pack:at://did:plc:6yijlpyxyttti36vkwdvd7di/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbez6uw4xg2g
- In case you didn’t know, I’ve been doing these monthly Substack link posts about bad science (fraud, the replication crisis, bias in science, dodgy journals, all that stuff). Feel free to subscribe, or to send me links to include in the next one! www.sciencefictions.org/p/science-fi...
- Reposted by Stuart RitchieGreat example of bias and hype in scientific reporting and media coverage, thanks for highlighting @nbtiller.bsky.social Good chapter with lots of other examples of this in 'Science Fictions', by @stuartjritchie.bsky.social
