
Episode 79: Dissensio - II
From Nullius in Verba by Smriti Mehta and Daniël Lakens
April 19, 2026 · 47 min · Season 1 · Episode 79
About this episode
The episode discusses how to effectively engage in disagreement within the scientific community.
In this episode, we continue our discussion of disagreement in science, shifting the conversation from why it matters to how to do it well. Shownotes Paul Graham. (2008). How to disagree. Rapoport's Rules. Cass Sunstien. The Rapoport Rules. Preregistration is redundant, at best. An Evidence-Based Critique of the Cass Review Fiedler, K., Messner, C., & Bluemke, M. (2006). Unresolved problems with the “I”, the “A”, and the “T”: A logical and psychometric critique of the Implicit Association Test (IAT). European Review of Social Psychology, 17(1), 74–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463280600681248 Neyman, J. (1961). Silver Jubilee of My Dispute With Fisher. Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 3, 145–154.
People in this episode
Hosts: Smriti Mehta, Daniël Lakens
Topics covered
- disagreement in science
- how to disagree
- Rapoport's Rules
- evidence-based critique
- Implicit Association Test
- scientific discourse
Keywords
- disagreement
- science
- Rapoport's Rules
- evidence-based critique
- Implicit Association Test
- scientific discourse
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: How to disagree, The Rapoport Rules, An Evidence-Based Critique of the Cass Review, Unresolved problems with the “I”, the “A”, and the “T”: A logical and psychometric critique of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), European Review of Social Psychology, Silver Jubilee of My Dispute With Fisher, Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan
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