Nathanael Larigaldie
@nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
Postdoc - Cognitive Science (Aarhus)
PhD - Computational Neuroscience (Durham)
#OpenScience
PhD - Computational Neuroscience (Durham)
#OpenScience
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There's got to be SOME hypothesis that makes our experiment useless. THINK!
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There's got to be SOME hypothesis that makes our experiment useless. THINK!
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@bmj.com has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the article itself.
BMJ places expression of concern on heavily criticized stem cell paper
The BMJ has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@bmj.com has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the article itself.
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You know what they say about academics...
"causal" in the streets
"preliminary and hypothesis-generating" in the sheets
"causal" in the streets
"preliminary and hypothesis-generating" in the sheets
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You know what they say about academics...
"causal" in the streets
"preliminary and hypothesis-generating" in the sheets
"causal" in the streets
"preliminary and hypothesis-generating" in the sheets
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Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
Millions of researchers could be affected by a “dramatic distortion of citation counts” likely caused by flaws in how the academic publishing giant Springer Nature handles article metadata, accordi…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
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The editors of Neurology have allowed the authors of this paper to make a "correction", stating: "there were errors in the CIs for some estimates presented in the article".
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
Fun fact: it has been 56 days since I notified the editors of Neurology about glaring statistical errors in this peer-reviewed study on sweeteners and cognitive health.
No expression of concern, no correction, no retraction.
No expression of concern, no correction, no retraction.
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The editors of Neurology have allowed the authors of this paper to make a "correction", stating: "there were errors in the CIs for some estimates presented in the article".
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
How many CIs must be wrong before a journal loses confidence in a paper?
(Answer: more than 73, apparently!)
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A week after @bmj.com published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in the data.
Sleuths flag ‘complete mismatch’ in data of BMJ stem cell study
A week after The BMJ published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in t…
retractionwatch.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A week after @bmj.com published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in the data.
"[...] Riecken held an exalted status within the group—one he cultivated through deception. According to the archival material, Riecken fabricated psychic messages from extraterrestrials to shape group behavior including the pivotal events that unfolded on the night of the failed prophecy."
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"[...] Riecken held an exalted status within the group—one he cultivated through deception. According to the archival material, Riecken fabricated psychic messages from extraterrestrials to shape group behavior including the pivotal events that unfolded on the night of the failed prophecy."
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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1) Avant la détection d'erreur : les origines de @steamtraen.eu
Dans ce premier épisode d'une série d'entretien, on revient sur le passé de Nick, avant qu'il ne s'engage dans la détection d'erreurs. Si vous aviez envie de le découvrir, l'épisode se trouve ici : creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Dans ce premier épisode d'une série d'entretien, on revient sur le passé de Nick, avant qu'il ne s'engage dans la détection d'erreurs. Si vous aviez envie de le découvrir, l'épisode se trouve ici : creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Répare Ta Science • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
Adrien Fillon et Nathanaël Larigaldie, deux chercheurs en psychologie, discutent les avancées de la méta-science et comment les méthodes scientifiques peuvent aider à réparer la science. Une fois par ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
1) Avant la détection d'erreur : les origines de @steamtraen.eu
Dans ce premier épisode d'une série d'entretien, on revient sur le passé de Nick, avant qu'il ne s'engage dans la détection d'erreurs. Si vous aviez envie de le découvrir, l'épisode se trouve ici : creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Dans ce premier épisode d'une série d'entretien, on revient sur le passé de Nick, avant qu'il ne s'engage dans la détection d'erreurs. Si vous aviez envie de le découvrir, l'épisode se trouve ici : creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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People often miss something about these headlines.
1. This is bone idle useless image manipulation - detectable, obvious after you learn to look for it.
2. It’s a lower bound.
The phrase is “a minimum of 40% of this literature contains easily detectable image manipulation”.
Sleep well.
1. This is bone idle useless image manipulation - detectable, obvious after you learn to look for it.
2. It’s a lower bound.
The phrase is “a minimum of 40% of this literature contains easily detectable image manipulation”.
Sleep well.
"40% of papers about subarachnoid haemorrhage in animals contained manipulated images."
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
40% dierstudies naar hersenbloedingen bevat afbeeldingen die niet kloppen, ontdekten René Aquarius en Kim Wever @radboudumc.bsky.social. Sommige artikelen zijn mogelijk geheel of deels verzonnen. Zorgwekkend, zegt ook @elisabethbik.bsky.social.
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
People often miss something about these headlines.
1. This is bone idle useless image manipulation - detectable, obvious after you learn to look for it.
2. It’s a lower bound.
The phrase is “a minimum of 40% of this literature contains easily detectable image manipulation”.
Sleep well.
1. This is bone idle useless image manipulation - detectable, obvious after you learn to look for it.
2. It’s a lower bound.
The phrase is “a minimum of 40% of this literature contains easily detectable image manipulation”.
Sleep well.
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Si nous parlions science toute la nuit ?
J'ai été invité à la Nuit Zététque 2025. Le sujet : "la science en danger ?", pour deux tables rondes : ⤵️
J'ai été invité à la Nuit Zététque 2025. Le sujet : "la science en danger ?", pour deux tables rondes : ⤵️
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Si nous parlions science toute la nuit ?
J'ai été invité à la Nuit Zététque 2025. Le sujet : "la science en danger ?", pour deux tables rondes : ⤵️
J'ai été invité à la Nuit Zététque 2025. Le sujet : "la science en danger ?", pour deux tables rondes : ⤵️
Mais c'est dans 2 jours ! Venez nous voir déblatérer des trucs en vrai ou en ligne. En plus, il y aura de vrais morceaux de @antoninatger.bsky.social dedans, excellent être humain de son état. Il y est même plein de fois, pour qu'on puisse en profiter
C'est ce samedi 25 octobre 2025 à 17h !
En direct sur la chaine yt de La Tronche en Biais :
www.youtube.com/live/snlQR0L...
Et pour ceux qui le peuvent, RDV sur place à l'amphi Cuénot du Musée Aquarium de Nancy à 16h30 😉
Entrée gratuite mais place assurée si réservée
fr.ulule.com/projects/213...
En direct sur la chaine yt de La Tronche en Biais :
www.youtube.com/live/snlQR0L...
Et pour ceux qui le peuvent, RDV sur place à l'amphi Cuénot du Musée Aquarium de Nancy à 16h30 😉
Entrée gratuite mais place assurée si réservée
fr.ulule.com/projects/213...
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mais c'est dans 2 jours ! Venez nous voir déblatérer des trucs en vrai ou en ligne. En plus, il y aura de vrais morceaux de @antoninatger.bsky.social dedans, excellent être humain de son état. Il y est même plein de fois, pour qu'on puisse en profiter
This is a very painful question, but as a trained psychological-brain-behavioral-science-scientist, I think it needs to be asked. In particular: are statistics in psychology mainly a ritual to turn hypotheses into unfalsifiable conclusions? (but with numbers, and everyone knows numbers = science)
Is Psychology a Science? A Meta-Psychological-Scientists Perspective
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Psycho-Science: Unscientific Statisticians Enable Bad Research Practices - Replicability-Index
When Every Hypothesis Is True Psychologists want to be scientists so badly that they have started rebranding themselves as psychological scientists. We now have journals like Psychological Science and...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is a very painful question, but as a trained psychological-brain-behavioral-science-scientist, I think it needs to be asked. In particular: are statistics in psychology mainly a ritual to turn hypotheses into unfalsifiable conclusions? (but with numbers, and everyone knows numbers = science)
Authors on social media: "We wrote a preprint with important social implications! Governments, change your policies now!"
Us: "There are issues in this preprint"
Tenured researcher not on the paper "SHHHHHHHH, how dare you criticize other researchers publicly? Go talk to them in private"
Us: "There are issues in this preprint"
Tenured researcher not on the paper "SHHHHHHHH, how dare you criticize other researchers publicly? Go talk to them in private"
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Authors on social media: "We wrote a preprint with important social implications! Governments, change your policies now!"
Us: "There are issues in this preprint"
Tenured researcher not on the paper "SHHHHHHHH, how dare you criticize other researchers publicly? Go talk to them in private"
Us: "There are issues in this preprint"
Tenured researcher not on the paper "SHHHHHHHH, how dare you criticize other researchers publicly? Go talk to them in private"
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Please someone help me figure out the rest of this joke
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please someone help me figure out the rest of this joke
Je serai à la Nuit Zététique ce 25 octobre. Ca va parler fraudes et méthodes d'investigation scientifiques, au sein d'un évènement qui traite d'actualités importantes au sein du fonctionnement scientifique et de sa récupération nauséabonde. Venez et contribuez si vous pouvez !
J-4 et plus que 1200€ à donner pour que la Nuit Zététique puisse ouvrir ses portes, encore un effort svp 💪 :
fr.ulule.com/nuit-zetetiq...
Une table ronde spéciale Fraude Scientifique vous attendra avec en invités : @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social, @steamtraen.eu, Pauline Delahaye et Alexis Seydoux !
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Une table ronde spéciale Fraude Scientifique vous attendra avec en invités : @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social, @steamtraen.eu, Pauline Delahaye et Alexis Seydoux !
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Je serai à la Nuit Zététique ce 25 octobre. Ca va parler fraudes et méthodes d'investigation scientifiques, au sein d'un évènement qui traite d'actualités importantes au sein du fonctionnement scientifique et de sa récupération nauséabonde. Venez et contribuez si vous pouvez !
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Some researchers don't discuss their future research plans for fear of being scooped.
Not me. I drop bad ideas for unscrupulous people to 'steal'.
- What are the neural correlates of Open Science practices?
- What is the role of habits in learning a new skill through repetitive practice?
Not me. I drop bad ideas for unscrupulous people to 'steal'.
- What are the neural correlates of Open Science practices?
- What is the role of habits in learning a new skill through repetitive practice?
a man in a leather jacket is looking up and saying `` big brain '' while standing in front of a building .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is looking up and saying `` big brain '' while standing in front of a building .
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some researchers don't discuss their future research plans for fear of being scooped.
Not me. I drop bad ideas for unscrupulous people to 'steal'.
- What are the neural correlates of Open Science practices?
- What is the role of habits in learning a new skill through repetitive practice?
Not me. I drop bad ideas for unscrupulous people to 'steal'.
- What are the neural correlates of Open Science practices?
- What is the role of habits in learning a new skill through repetitive practice?
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Nature News has a short piece on the survey we did in conjunction with the FAIRS meeting on responding to serious research misconduct www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to tackle research misconduct: survey finds stark disagreement
Data sleuths and research-integrity officers have different views on how to handle allegations of wrongdoing in science.
www.nature.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Nature News has a short piece on the survey we did in conjunction with the FAIRS meeting on responding to serious research misconduct www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In our recent paper "public engagement with research reproducibility", we explain, with a simple example -cooking meringue Xmas trees- "what research reproducibility means".
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
Public engagement with research reproducibility
Public engagement with reproducibility is crucial for fostering trust in science. This Community Page describes how, by using relatable analogies and hands-on activities, participants explored the cha...
plos.io
December 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
In our recent paper "public engagement with research reproducibility", we explain, with a simple example -cooking meringue Xmas trees- "what research reproducibility means".
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
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Le « peer-review » en 2025.
#UnpopularOpinion : la revue par les pairs est morte comme outil de contrôle de la qualité scientifique face aux récompenses à la publication. Et on n'a rien d'autre.
Donc le seul moyen d'en sortir est de supprimer toutes les récompenses à la publication.
#UnpopularOpinion : la revue par les pairs est morte comme outil de contrôle de la qualité scientifique face aux récompenses à la publication. Et on n'a rien d'autre.
Donc le seul moyen d'en sortir est de supprimer toutes les récompenses à la publication.
Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Le « peer-review » en 2025.
#UnpopularOpinion : la revue par les pairs est morte comme outil de contrôle de la qualité scientifique face aux récompenses à la publication. Et on n'a rien d'autre.
Donc le seul moyen d'en sortir est de supprimer toutes les récompenses à la publication.
#UnpopularOpinion : la revue par les pairs est morte comme outil de contrôle de la qualité scientifique face aux récompenses à la publication. Et on n'a rien d'autre.
Donc le seul moyen d'en sortir est de supprimer toutes les récompenses à la publication.
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J'ai fait un résumé des saloperies de Grok de ces derniers jours.
Viol, complot juif, idéologie trans, soutiens à la race blanche...
Mais j'ai merdé :
J'ai dû refaire le poste, alors Lkd risque d'enterrer le doc.
Mais il est ici (13 pages), si vous voulez 😶🌫️
www.linkedin.com/posts/floren...
Viol, complot juif, idéologie trans, soutiens à la race blanche...
Mais j'ai merdé :
J'ai dû refaire le poste, alors Lkd risque d'enterrer le doc.
Mais il est ici (13 pages), si vous voulez 😶🌫️
www.linkedin.com/posts/floren...
July 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
J'ai fait un résumé des saloperies de Grok de ces derniers jours.
Viol, complot juif, idéologie trans, soutiens à la race blanche...
Mais j'ai merdé :
J'ai dû refaire le poste, alors Lkd risque d'enterrer le doc.
Mais il est ici (13 pages), si vous voulez 😶🌫️
www.linkedin.com/posts/floren...
Viol, complot juif, idéologie trans, soutiens à la race blanche...
Mais j'ai merdé :
J'ai dû refaire le poste, alors Lkd risque d'enterrer le doc.
Mais il est ici (13 pages), si vous voulez 😶🌫️
www.linkedin.com/posts/floren...
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I am often told that public critique of published articles must also solve the issues found. I think this frequently enforced requirement hinders scientific self-correction.
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
July 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I am often told that public critique of published articles must also solve the issues found. I think this frequently enforced requirement hinders scientific self-correction.
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
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“It is possible to support science and hold it accountable at the same time.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity
In the last week, Science has published commentary condemning and supporting the Restoring Gold Standard Science executive order from the Trump administration that purports to strengthen research inte...
www.science.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“It is possible to support science and hold it accountable at the same time.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...