45: Conferences and conspiracy theories - a podcast by Dan Quintana

It’s conference season so in this episode Dan and James discuss the ins and outs of scientific conferences.
Here’s what they cover:Research parasite award
How much do you save when you don’t run an fMRI studyThey come up with an even better name than “Research parasite”
Could the GOP weaponise the open science movement?Conspiracy theories
Attempts to slow down science by taking science out of contextThe Black Goat Podcast
The conference backchannelContacting people at conferences
Sitting though seminars (and not falling asleep)Twitter conferences
Good presentations vs. bad presentationsStarting collaborations at conferences
Do conference locations matter?Periscoping conference presentations
LinksThe research parasite award: http://researchparasite.comThe GOP and science reform https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/reproducibility-science-open-judoflip/521952/
The Crackpot index http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.htmlThe Brain Twitter conference https://brain.tc
Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

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