Adrien Fillon
@adrienfillon.bsky.social
Social psychologist working at LAPSCO, CNRS in Clermont-Ferrand. Meta science - meta-analysis - policy change
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Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you're a journal or publisher using institutional email addresses to verify the identity of authors or reviewers, you'll want to read this story by @joelving.bsky.social.
University email addresses no longer effective bulwark against fake peer review
To guard against identity theft, academic publishers have been using institutional email addresses to verify authors and reviewers are who they say they are. Now, however, findings appearing in a p…
retractionwatch.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you're a journal or publisher using institutional email addresses to verify the identity of authors or reviewers, you'll want to read this story by @joelving.bsky.social.
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New blog post from Data Colada, responding to the recent criticisms on p-curve analysis. It is a *very* good response. As in, it addresses exactly the points I would have expected in a reply, and it explains why I will still teach p-curve analysis. datacolada.org/129
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
New blog post from Data Colada, responding to the recent criticisms on p-curve analysis. It is a *very* good response. As in, it addresses exactly the points I would have expected in a reply, and it explains why I will still teach p-curve analysis. datacolada.org/129
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"OpenAi déclare ne pas être responsable du suicide d'un utilisateur dont le chat a encouragé le suicide, parce que se suicider est interdit par les conditions d'utilisation"
...est une des phrases les plus dystopiques que vous lirez aujourd'hui
Mais bordel.
...est une des phrases les plus dystopiques que vous lirez aujourd'hui
Mais bordel.
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"OpenAi déclare ne pas être responsable du suicide d'un utilisateur dont le chat a encouragé le suicide, parce que se suicider est interdit par les conditions d'utilisation"
...est une des phrases les plus dystopiques que vous lirez aujourd'hui
Mais bordel.
...est une des phrases les plus dystopiques que vous lirez aujourd'hui
Mais bordel.
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Following the controversy surrounding the p-curve technique, I wanted to better understand how the z-curve (a technique that solves several problems with the p-curve) works. I created a Bayesian version of the z-curve in Stan, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome 🙂
August 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Following the controversy surrounding the p-curve technique, I wanted to better understand how the z-curve (a technique that solves several problems with the p-curve) works. I created a Bayesian version of the z-curve in Stan, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome 🙂
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NEW PREPRINT
Explainable AI refers to an extremely popular group of approaches that aim to open "black box" AI models. But what can we see when we open the black AI box? We use Galit Shmueli's framework (to describe, predict or explain) to evaluate
arxiv.org/abs/2508.05753
Explainable AI refers to an extremely popular group of approaches that aim to open "black box" AI models. But what can we see when we open the black AI box? We use Galit Shmueli's framework (to describe, predict or explain) to evaluate
arxiv.org/abs/2508.05753
August 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
NEW PREPRINT
Explainable AI refers to an extremely popular group of approaches that aim to open "black box" AI models. But what can we see when we open the black AI box? We use Galit Shmueli's framework (to describe, predict or explain) to evaluate
arxiv.org/abs/2508.05753
Explainable AI refers to an extremely popular group of approaches that aim to open "black box" AI models. But what can we see when we open the black AI box? We use Galit Shmueli's framework (to describe, predict or explain) to evaluate
arxiv.org/abs/2508.05753
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Not actually the fall, but the less rapid rise.
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Not actually the fall, but the less rapid rise.
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OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners”
C’est une annonce qui est passée relativement inaperçue, mais qui mérite que l’on s’y arrête un instant. Clarivate a récemment annoncé l’intégration d’OpenAlex comme une nouvelle base de données au se...
carnetist.hypotheses.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
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Scientific error-checking, difficulty: easy
Find some issues in this table of results from an RCT of vitamin D for COVID-19. There's a couple of obvious issues, and some that are less easy to spot.
Find some issues in this table of results from an RCT of vitamin D for COVID-19. There's a couple of obvious issues, and some that are less easy to spot.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Scientific error-checking, difficulty: easy
Find some issues in this table of results from an RCT of vitamin D for COVID-19. There's a couple of obvious issues, and some that are less easy to spot.
Find some issues in this table of results from an RCT of vitamin D for COVID-19. There's a couple of obvious issues, and some that are less easy to spot.
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Le fichier TES centralise les photos et empreintes digitales que nous donnons pour faire nos titres d'identité. Nous révélons que la police se sert allègrement dans cette base de données pour identifier des personnes lors de ses enquêtes, en violation du droit. www.laquadrature.net/2025/11/24/l...
La police détourne le fichier des passeports et des cartes d’identité
Fournir sa photographie et ses empreintes quand on demande son passeport ou sa carte d’identité est plus lourd de conséquence que ce qu’on imagine. Ces données, qui sont enregistrées dans le fichier…
www.laquadrature.net
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Le fichier TES centralise les photos et empreintes digitales que nous donnons pour faire nos titres d'identité. Nous révélons que la police se sert allègrement dans cette base de données pour identifier des personnes lors de ses enquêtes, en violation du droit. www.laquadrature.net/2025/11/24/l...
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One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
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Yesterday we were delighted to welcome @adrienfillon.bsky.social for two sharp and thought-provoking talks on scientific publishing practices and the limits of meta-analyses.
Thank you for inspiring us to pursue science that is more open and built on integrity.
Thank you for inspiring us to pursue science that is more open and built on integrity.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Yesterday we were delighted to welcome @adrienfillon.bsky.social for two sharp and thought-provoking talks on scientific publishing practices and the limits of meta-analyses.
Thank you for inspiring us to pursue science that is more open and built on integrity.
Thank you for inspiring us to pursue science that is more open and built on integrity.
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Interesting read, but worth considering (as the article does) the selection bias introduced by a) who is willing to initiate an adversarial collaboration and b) who manages to compete and publish it.
📚 Reflections on adversarial collaboration from the adversaries: was it worth it?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reflections on adversarial collaboration from the adversaries: was it worth it? - Theory and Society
There is much enthusiasm, in principle, for adversarial collaborations (ACs), a scientific conflict resolution technique that encourages investigators with clashing models to collaborate in designing ...
link.springer.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Interesting read, but worth considering (as the article does) the selection bias introduced by a) who is willing to initiate an adversarial collaboration and b) who manages to compete and publish it.
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Thank you for this very impressive resource of 50 (!) reproducibility/replicability metrics; also includes a searchable online table at rachelheyard.com/reproducibil...
August 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thank you for this very impressive resource of 50 (!) reproducibility/replicability metrics; also includes a searchable online table at rachelheyard.com/reproducibil...
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In our next episode of Nullius In Verba we will dive into the history of metascience. The first mention of 'metascience' in the literature we could find is Morris, 1938. Do you know of an earlier mention of the term 'metascience'?
August 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In our next episode of Nullius In Verba we will dive into the history of metascience. The first mention of 'metascience' in the literature we could find is Morris, 1938. Do you know of an earlier mention of the term 'metascience'?
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Will this study about ketamine's effect on neuroplasticity ever see the light (publication)? It doesn't seem that ketamine changed synaptic plasticity after 2 weeks and 4 infusions.
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Will this study about ketamine's effect on neuroplasticity ever see the light (publication)? It doesn't seem that ketamine changed synaptic plasticity after 2 weeks and 4 infusions.
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Someone just sent me this study, and all I can say is that I don't understand why anyone would bother investigating this question. 1/n
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Someone just sent me this study, and all I can say is that I don't understand why anyone would bother investigating this question. 1/n
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Ketamine/esketamine have been claimed to work by enhancing neuroplasticity (quote from a KOL: "call them neuroplatogenes").
In this study synaptic plasticity was directly assessed but there seemed to be a near-zero effect.
Results only posted on NCT in 2023. No journal publication yet, AFAIK.
In this study synaptic plasticity was directly assessed but there seemed to be a near-zero effect.
Results only posted on NCT in 2023. No journal publication yet, AFAIK.
Will this study about ketamine's effect on neuroplasticity ever see the light (publication)? It doesn't seem that ketamine changed synaptic plasticity after 2 weeks and 4 infusions.
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ketamine/esketamine have been claimed to work by enhancing neuroplasticity (quote from a KOL: "call them neuroplatogenes").
In this study synaptic plasticity was directly assessed but there seemed to be a near-zero effect.
Results only posted on NCT in 2023. No journal publication yet, AFAIK.
In this study synaptic plasticity was directly assessed but there seemed to be a near-zero effect.
Results only posted on NCT in 2023. No journal publication yet, AFAIK.
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Currently reading "Toward a causal interpretation of the common factor model" by Van Bork, Wijsen & @mijke.bsky.social (2017).
Can't believe I had missed that one -- really good stuff! Link to pdf: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/354...
Can't believe I had missed that one -- really good stuff! Link to pdf: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/354...
August 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Currently reading "Toward a causal interpretation of the common factor model" by Van Bork, Wijsen & @mijke.bsky.social (2017).
Can't believe I had missed that one -- really good stuff! Link to pdf: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/354...
Can't believe I had missed that one -- really good stuff! Link to pdf: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/354...
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We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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A paper by Dorothy Bishop on the replication crisis . . . from 1990!
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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/08/05/a...
A paper by Dorothy Bishop on the replication crisis . . . from 1990! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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August 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A paper by Dorothy Bishop on the replication crisis . . . from 1990!
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/08/05/a...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/08/05/a...
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Just finished listening to this great episode by @stuartjritchie.bsky.social and @tomchivers.bsky.social on whether early-onset cancer rates are really up.
Can highly recommend—it’s not only a relevant topic, but also a great exercise in the care that’s needed when somebody gives you a number.
Can highly recommend—it’s not only a relevant topic, but also a great exercise in the care that’s needed when somebody gives you a number.
Episode 79: Cancer rates
Listen now | Next week: Taurus rates
www.thestudiesshowpod.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just finished listening to this great episode by @stuartjritchie.bsky.social and @tomchivers.bsky.social on whether early-onset cancer rates are really up.
Can highly recommend—it’s not only a relevant topic, but also a great exercise in the care that’s needed when somebody gives you a number.
Can highly recommend—it’s not only a relevant topic, but also a great exercise in the care that’s needed when somebody gives you a number.
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super entretien sur la fraude en psycho avec Nick Brown dans "Répare ta science". J'ai écouté 2 ép. sur 3
Merci @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social @adrienfillon.bsky.social @steamtraen.eu
micro-détail : "des nains sur des épaules de géant", c'est Bernard de Chartres (13e), Newton n'a fait que la reprendre
Merci @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social @adrienfillon.bsky.social @steamtraen.eu
micro-détail : "des nains sur des épaules de géant", c'est Bernard de Chartres (13e), Newton n'a fait que la reprendre
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
super entretien sur la fraude en psycho avec Nick Brown dans "Répare ta science". J'ai écouté 2 ép. sur 3
Merci @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social @adrienfillon.bsky.social @steamtraen.eu
micro-détail : "des nains sur des épaules de géant", c'est Bernard de Chartres (13e), Newton n'a fait que la reprendre
Merci @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social @adrienfillon.bsky.social @steamtraen.eu
micro-détail : "des nains sur des épaules de géant", c'est Bernard de Chartres (13e), Newton n'a fait que la reprendre