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Epistemic Review

TagLast edit: Feb 24, 2023, 7:50 PM by Raemon

Epistemic Reviews take a closer look at an existing publication – such as a book, paper or blogpost – and evaluate whether its claims are true.

Alt search term: fact check.

[Question] How did academia en­sure pa­pers were cor­rect in the early 20th Cen­tury?

Ben PaceDec 29, 2018, 11:37 PM
99 points
17 comments2 min readLW link1 review

What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?

ElizabethOct 22, 2019, 5:00 PM
122 points
9 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Epistemic Strate­gies of Selec­tion Theorems

adamShimiOct 18, 2021, 8:57 AM
33 points
1 comment12 min readLW link

What’s Wrong with So­cial Science and How to Fix It: Reflec­tions After Read­ing 2578 Papers

habrykaSep 12, 2020, 1:46 AM
107 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(fantasticanachronism.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: A Guide To Bet­ter Move­ment (Todd Har­grove)

ElizabethJul 1, 2017, 5:20 AM
16 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Break­ing Ques­tions Down

ElizabethJul 7, 2020, 6:10 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Mus­ings on LessWrong Peer Review

RaemonMar 18, 2018, 9:47 PM
47 points
23 comments5 min readLW link

2018 Re­view: Vot­ing Re­sults!

Ben PaceJan 24, 2020, 2:00 AM
135 points
59 comments6 min readLW link

Did Christo­pher Hitchens change his mind about wa­ter­board­ing?

Isaac KingSep 15, 2024, 8:28 AM
171 points
22 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Pop­u­lar pa­pers to be scru­ti­nized?

alyosha_the_potApr 14, 2020, 7:50 PM
13 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this vi­able physics?

Daniel KokotajloApr 14, 2020, 7:29 PM
59 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

ESC Pro­cess Notes: De­tail-Fo­cused Books

ElizabethDec 31, 2019, 10:00 PM
27 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Sen­tence by Sen­tence: “Why Most Pub­lished Re­search Find­ings are False”

DirectedEvolutionAug 13, 2020, 6:51 AM
22 points
5 comments47 min readLW link

Can we hold in­tel­lec­tu­als to similar pub­lic stan­dards as ath­letes?

ozziegooenOct 7, 2020, 4:22 AM
84 points
48 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Re­view: Mar­tyr Made Podcast

ElizabethSep 23, 2021, 8:10 PM
22 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Epistemic Legibility

ElizabethFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM
309 points
30 comments20 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Big Mac Sub­sidy?

jefftkFeb 23, 2023, 4:00 AM
158 points
25 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Know of any ran­domised tri­als teach­ing de­bi­as­ing in schools? Want to help re­view them, or would that re­view help your work?

MNoetelMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
29 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: The Dorito Effect (Mark Schatzker)

ElizabethOct 3, 2018, 5:10 PM
43 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: Full Catas­tro­phe Liv­ing (Jon Ka­bat-Zinn)

ElizabethDec 29, 2017, 6:10 AM
17 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: The Fate of Rome (Kyle Harper)

ElizabethAug 24, 2019, 9:40 PM
39 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

How’s that Epistemic Spot Check Pro­ject Com­ing?

ElizabethDec 16, 2019, 10:50 PM
39 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 1: Main­stream Nutri­tion Science on Obesity

ChrisHallquistDec 25, 2013, 6:27 PM
24 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atk­ins Redux

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
7 points
191 comments4 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 3: Did the US Govern­ment Give Us Ab­surd Ad­vice About Su­gar?

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
8 points
153 comments6 min readLW link
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