89: Conflicts of interest in psychology (with Tom Chivers)

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We chat with Tom about whether psychology has a conflict-of-interest problem and how to best define such conflicts.

Links and other stuff we cover...

• Tom's article on conflicts of interest in psychology
• How can we define a conflict an interest without falling down a rabbit hole?
• Communication statistics to the layperson
• How science journalism focuses on single studies rather than the larger story
• Tom’s new book: The AI does not hate you
• Win Tom’s book! Tweet your favourite Hertz episode and we’ll pick one at random, who'll get sent Tom's book
• How do journalists go about hearing from new voices for story comments?
• What has Tom changes his mind about?
• Tom’s book recommendation: Galileo's Middle Finger

Other links

• [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
• [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
• [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
• [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, August 5) "Conflicts of interest in psychology (with Tom Chivers)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/F9WBM

Special Guest: Tom Chivers.

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