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- 题名/责任者:
- Distrust : big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science / Gary Smith.
- 出版发行项:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- ISBN:
- 9780192868459
- 载体形态项:
- viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- 个人责任者:
- Smith, Gary, 1945- author.
- 论题主题:
- Science-Social aspects.
- 论题主题:
- Data mining.
- 论题主题:
- Evidence.
- 论题主题:
- Trust.
- 中图法分类号:
- N05
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.
- 内容附注:
- Introduction : disinformation, data torturing, and data mining -- Part I: Disinformation. 1. The paranormal is normal ; 2. Flying saucers and space tourists ; 3. Elite conspiracies ; 4. A post-fact world -- Part I: Data torturing. 5. Squeezing blood from rocks; 6. Most medicines disappoint ; 7. Provocative, but wrong -- Part III. Data mining. 8. Looking for needles in haystacks ; 9. Beat the market ; 10. Too much data -- Part IV. The real promise and peril of AI. 11. Overpromising and underdelivering ; 12. Artificial unintelligence -- Part V. The crisis. 13. Irreproducible research ; 14. The replication crisis ; 15. Restoring the luster of science.
- 摘要附注:
- There 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 powerfulcomputers. 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.
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