The Cole Neurocognition Lab at Rutgers

My latest post to Practically Scientific, "Debiasing Science: Toward the creation of an Evidence Quality Index (EQI)"

In brief: Scientists are biased by imperfect metrics of success, such as the number of citations their publications receive. I propose creation of a science quality metric – the Evidence Quality Index (EQI) – that aspires to quantify the things that scientists should be biased toward. These are things like the robustness of reported findings (e.g., due to replication) and the conclusiveness of those findings. Presenting an EQI value with each study would have many benefits. Readers would rapidly get an estimate of a study’s quality prior to reading it, while scientists would get quantifiable credit for the quality of their work. Here I make an initial attempt at creating an EQI.

Debiasing Science: Toward the creation of an Evidence Quality Index (EQI) A metric with the potential to reduce bias in science and (through better science communication) society

Latest post from Practically Scientific, "Advanced Yet Primitive: A game of scientific and social progress"

We believe our modern society is advanced, yet it seems to me that we live in the awkward middle ground between a truly advanced society and a primitive before-life-was-good era.

I arrived here by considering how far humanity has come in the last 10,000+ years and how far we have to go to achieve our shared ideals. We need a new way to find our place in history.

I propose a game – Advanced Yet Primitive – to better perceive the triumphs along with the need for more progress hiding in plain sight all around us...

Advanced Yet Primitive: A game of scientific and social progress We believe our modern society is advanced, yet it seems to me that we live in the awkward middle ground between a truly advanced society and a primitive before-life-was-good era