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The 2015 Data Awards

• kelukelugames 11y ago
  “I hope this creates a lesson for science. There’s no way you can replicate every study that’s published, but if there is a study that seems almost too heartwarming and too good to be true, maybe it is worth it to spend the time trying to replicate it.” Michael LaCour won in a crowded field. The former UCLA graduate student made international headlines — and transformed political strategy — with his apparent finding that when gay people canvass on behalf of same-sex marriage, they can change people’s minds simply by talking to them. Turns out, though, that his study was fatally flawed — and possibly faked. I called it!