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The Error Bar

@theerrorbar.bsky.social
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A podcast about brain science, the media, and statistics. Sampled by Dr Nick Holmes @TheHandLab.bluesky.social

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“To err is science.” Stephan Guttinger reviews Douglas Allchin's new book: "Toward a Philosophy of Error in Science" doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thinking about doing a summer episode on "Power posing" - but no, not what you're probably thinking. Shall I dust off the mic 🤔?
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
we'll see
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The three* most beautiful words in English: "I don't know" * four
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Can confirm.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
"There’s just too many factors impacting on the proportion of p values that will be between 0.01 and 0.05 to assume that variations in it are either an improvement or a worsening in research practices." Blog post by @freerangestats.info on "fragile" p values. #MetaSci
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Nice title.
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
✔️
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
small error bars (usually a good thing) revealed regression-to-the-mean (usually a bad thing)
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Open Science and It's Enemies. Part III: The progressives A-log (podcast) link here: B-log (text) in next post 👇 open.spotify.com/show/3kQAgTp...
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Podcast · [object Object] · fact-checking brain science news and asking brain scientists about mistakes and controversies
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Writing...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 04/08/2024
👇 bsky.app/profile/soap...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 02/08/2024
Part II of my epic criticism of - some parts of - the #openscience / scientific #reform movement. Episode #40 "The populists" (& the podcasters; but not the meek) Full text transcript, links & references (b-log): theerrorbar.com?e=40 Podcast audio (a-log): podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...
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Open Science and its Enemies. Part II: The populists by the error bar
in this episode i continue discussing some problems in the open science movement. i focus on populist podcasters and the promotion of simplistic heuristics that some scientists argue will improve scie...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
New episode coming some week soon... ...has been a long few months 😴
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
tell me about it
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
latest episode. Part I of a III-part mini-series on chronic problems in the Open Science movement: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/g4Qa0mBeLJb
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Open Science and its Enemies. Part I: The p-circlers by the error bar
There's no brain news this month, but i take this unique opportunity to provide the first of my three part critique of - some parts of - the Open Science movement. This episode focusses on p-circling ...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
THIS 👇
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
next month i will have... A) 44 plays B) 49.5 plays C) 10^9 plays coz it will be epic 🧐
Three latest episodes from the error bar podcast

Just die already, 55 plays
Your sample is small, 66 plays
Don't look back, 88 plays

The series suggests a nicely consistent decline in listens since i changed the format, but what will be next month's listenership..?
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
🤩
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
JUST DIE ALREADY S03E03 #38 in this episode we find out how motivational talk makes you run faster & i ponder on the history of science & the death of [bad] ideas long, long after their time listen / subscribe: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/GtHtUY3dyIb read: theerrorbar.com?e=38
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JUST DIE ALREADY
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL Episode #37 asks whether it's ever really helpful to criticise a study for having a 'small sample' It also reveals the final truth about men's & women's brains. Listen podcast podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...
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YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL by the error bar
my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar: a podcast about brain science & statistics that's nothing like any other podcast about brain science & statistics. this month's episode reveals the fi...
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
hello! THIS is the error bar, a podcast about neuroscience & statistics which focusses on stories that reach the UK news media. the account is owned by @thehandlab.bsky.social (i've escaped from twitter.) the latest podcast, Season 03, Episode 01: Don't Look Back is out! theerrorbar.com?e=36
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