Covid-19 Research Scandals Illustrate What’s Wrong With Science

A new book takes science to task, and it couldn’t come at a better time

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
8 min readAug 28, 2020

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As a science journalist and former researcher, I was terrified by British psychologist Stuart Ritchie’s new book, Science Fictions. Ritchie lays out all of the ways in which modern science has failed, with a plethora of shocking and…

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental