- every big data paper with a bold story that is impossible to comprehend, evaluate, and independently verify reminds me of DOPRA. i've come to increasingly appreciate small, unassuming papers with humble conclusions that you can track word for word, data point by data point, assumption by assumption.
- If people expert in research methods publicise lists of research they have assessed as adequate and at least potentially significant, that might help focus attention on deserving work, and less on work that's very-difficult-to-assess-regardless-of-expertise. bsky.app/profile/matt...
- I think a lot of that is already happening, just not in the form you imagine. It'd never be as newsworthy as the other kind, however. That says something about our collective value system.
- Yes, the media are important context. Could you say what you mean about not in the form I imagine?
- Like a unified database or list, I mean.Jan 15, 2026 18:47
- Thank you - I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. In that post I meant experts publicising their individual lists (more widely) as it might help the development of more unified structures, and/or help raise standards more directly. Could you please say how we can find the material you mentioned?
