{"id":170637,"date":"2023-08-26T11:24:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/what-not-to-do-when-doing-your-own-research"},"modified":"2023-08-26T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:24:47","slug":"what-not-to-do-when-doing-your-own-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/what-not-to-do-when-doing-your-own-research","title":{"rendered":"What not to do when doing your own research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/what-not-to-do-when-doing-your-own-research2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nD6hS8WV3ic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Expand your scientific horizon with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine<\/a> will get 20% off the annual premium subscription.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of scientists make jokes about people who do their own research. I want you to know, it\u2019s of course completely okay if you do your own research \u2014 provided you do it right. But how do you do that? I have collected some tips that I hope you will find useful.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc8c Support us on Donatebox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83e\udd13 Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Sabine\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Sabine<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udce9 Sign up for my weekly science newsletter. It\u2019s free! \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsletter\/\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsletter\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc42 Now also on Spotify \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw\/join.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw\/join.\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw\/join.<\/a><\/a><br \/> \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f On instagram \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sciencewtg\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sciencewtg\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro.<br \/> 00:39 Reasons for doing this video.<br \/> 03:35 When not to do your own research.<br \/> 04:27 Before You Start: Reasonable Expectations.<br \/> 05:27 Before You Start: Be Honest With Yourself.<br \/> 08:00 Before You Start: Acknowledge Biases.<br \/> 09:18 Start With the Basics.<br \/> 11:08 Understanding Scientific Literature.<br \/> 14:24 Don\u2019t Do This.<br \/> 15:29 Statistics and other lies.<br \/> 16:02 Summary.<br \/> 16:40 Learn Science With Brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>#science #research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expand your scientific horizon with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. A lot of scientists make jokes about people who do their own research. 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