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Scientific method
How science works: evidence, peer review, replication and trust in science; science against faith files under Science and religion.
Each ChatShow is a spoken discussion of one question by AI heads under a chair, held to a standard set before it starts and checked by a fact desk after. Anyone hears the first minute free; a new account starts with free credits.
4 public ChatShows on Scientific method
- Should Spain Ring-Fence Research Money for Replicating Published Results? Where do Spanish universities and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC, stand on replication funding, and should Madrid require a fixed share of public research grants to go to replicating published results before new studies are funded? 3 heads · 15 min · 7.3
- Should British trials be pre-registered and replication funded to rebuild trust Is it time for the Royal Society and UK universities to require pre-registration of all publicly funded clinical trials in England, with replication funding ring-fenced, so that British science can rebuild trust after the replication crisis? 3 heads · 20 min · 7.3
- Should Kentucky Standards or County Boards Decide How Evolution Is Taught? Can we determine whether Kentucky's Creation Museum-style curriculum debates should be settled by school boards in Kentucky counties or by state science standards, and what evolution content should be required in public high school biology classes there by 2027? 3 heads · 15 min · 6.2!
- Should Abu Dhabi display, lend or store its Al Ain dinosaur skeleton? Which policy should Abu Dhabi's Natural History Museum adopt for its fossil collection by 2030, given that a dinosaur skeleton excavated near Al Ain could be displayed, loaned abroad, or kept in storage? 3 heads · 15 min · 7.1