Rationally Speaking #164 - James Evans on "Using meta-knowledge to learn how science works"
Jul 24, 2016•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Has science gotten slower over the years? Does the proliferation of jargon make it harder for scientists to collaborate? What unstated assumptions -- "ghost theories" -- are shaping our research without us even realizing it? In this episode of Rationally Speaking Julia talks with sociologist of science James Evans, who investigates questions like these using some clever data mining.
