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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
It would be a critique of 'field-wide power analysis' of the sort done by Button et al. (2013) - a (terrible) paper that's been cited >10000 times doi.org/10.1038/nrn3...
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Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Low-powered studies lead to overestimates of effect size and low reproducibility of results. In this Analysis article, Munafò and colleagues show that the average statistical power of studies in the n...
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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 · 05/06/2025
<< Overheard in Waitrose >>
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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 · 20/01/2025
🎻
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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 · 12/10/2024
in theory I agree with you! in practice i believe you'll need a lot of highly-motivated scientists prepared to give up science & become journal-creators & political campaigners to turn this juggernaut around. (this scientist will not join that fight!)
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
(with apologies to apostrophe pedant's for the typo in the first post) theerrorbar.com?e=41
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OPEN SCIENCE & ITS ENEMIES, PART III
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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
Yes, it really does take training to over-ride our incorrect intuitions👍
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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 · 03/08/2024
but not spelling
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The Error Bar @theerrorbar.bsky.social · 03/08/2024
Oh wow, thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 (I also teach resesrch methods 🤓)
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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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