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Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780192868459)
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xThere 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.
Author: Gary Smith
ISBN-10: 0192868454
ISBN-13: 9780192868459
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2023
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.49w x 0.97d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/17/2023 pg. 1
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.
Author: Gary Smith
ISBN-10: 0192868454
ISBN-13: 9780192868459
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2023
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.49w x 0.97d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/17/2023 pg. 1
By Gary Smith
xGary Smith, Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics, Pomona College Gary Smith is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and was an Assistant Professor there for seven years. He has won two teaching awards and written (or co-authored) more than 100 academic papers and 15 books. He is the author of The AI Delusion (OUP 2018) and co-author with Jay Cordes of The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science (OUP 2019), which won the 2020 Prose Award for Excellence in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics by the Association of American Publishers.
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