Nullius in Verba is a podcast about science—what it is and what it could be. Hosted by Smriti Mehta (@smreeteemehta) and Daniël Lakens (@lakens).

Joined January 2023
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Analysis Multiversi is out now: nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e… What is the epistemic goal of multiverse analysis? Should we incorporate the uncertainty in many analyst approaches into our statistical inferences? (😬)? Is the variability mainly due to low effort of non-experts?
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Our Spotify Wrapped tells us that collectively you have listened a total of 181 days to our podcast - and that's just for those of you using Spotify to listen to @nulliusverbapod Thank you all so much for listening!
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Thanks @lakens and @smreeteemehta! I had not read Medawar's paper. Great stuff. I have to say I teach business school students to treat their theories as systems of expectation that frame their hypotheses. (Link in next post.)
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@lakens three weeks and no new episodes from @nulliusverbapod is that it? the end of science as we knew it could be
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New episode of Nullius In Verba, part 1 of 2: What is metascience? nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e… We dig into the history, starting from 1938, and discuss the role of philosophy, sociology, and psychology, and what, if anything, makes metascience it's own discipline.
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In our next episode of Nullius In Verba we will dive into the history of metascience. The first mention of 'metascience' in the literature we could find is Morris, 1938. Do you know of an earlier mention of the term 'metascience'?
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Interested in the latest metascience? Come to Eindhoven October 17th to listen to Dr. Duygu Uygun-Tunç (University of Chicago) and Dr. Lisa Spitzer (Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie) as keynote speakers, and Dr. Aaron Peikert for a workshop collaboration through Git! All free!
Registration is now open for the PMGS Meta-Research Symposium 2025! Abstract submissions are still welcome—deadline: July 31. Plus: join our mini-workshop on coordination using GitHub on the afternoon of October 16. Find all the details & sign up here: paulmeehlschool.github.io/20…
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No new episode this week! Smriti is busy teaching an introduction to psychology course, and Daniel is relaxing in his garden with a new puppy.
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Here's a new paper of mine just out (online) in BJPS: Severe Testing: Error Statistics vs Bayes Factor Tests. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ep…
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If you are a researcher in health sciences and haven't already done so, I would encourage you to give @nulliusverbapod a listen. Some very thought-provoking discussions and readings that I wish I had been exposed to much earlier in my career.
Our podcast @nulliusverbapod consists of 60+ episode on what science is, and what it could be. Smriti and I are passionate about learning, so we read out classic papers and chapters in our separate 'Prologue' episodes. We have 17 so far. Here's a list of all these episodes:
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Our podcast @nulliusverbapod consists of 60+ episode on what science is, and what it could be. Smriti and I are passionate about learning, so we read out classic papers and chapters in our separate 'Prologue' episodes. We have 17 so far. Here's a list of all these episodes:
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Second part of @nulliusverbapod discussing Paul Meehl's 7 sacred cows of academia. Meehl criticizes one of our favorite topics: The idea that all research professors do is worthwhile. nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e…
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Hard to express what a relief it is to have just submitted the first complete draft of my book manuscript to @ucpress 😮‍💨🥳 5+ years in the making. 249 pages. 82,000 words. 0 ChatGPT. 😉 A million thanks to all those who gave me guidance and inspired me along the way! 🙏
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Had to say hi to Francis Bacon, such a regular guest on @nulliusverbapod , while visiting the old library in Trinity College.
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Episode 58: Communicatio Scientiae ift.tt/MG0wfFD
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New episode of @nulliusverbapod on Pseudoscience podbean.com/ew/pb-yggka-1858… We discuss the demarcation problem, why we should not ignore Pseudoscience but teach students why it is so bad, and complain about the too popular Telepathy Tapes.
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