Interesting reads, June 2024 edition

Scientific ethics; Brilliantly dispiriting Rory Stewart; Brilliant Simenon; Trust in institutions; Talking Heads and Institutions; New York Times fail

Scientific ethics

(h/t:

Brain for Business

) - this is just horrible: ‘A researcher who publishes a study every two days reveals the darker side of science’.

Goodhart's law states that “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”. Alternatively, anthropologist Marilyn Strathern says “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”.

So, …