Calling Bullshit 8.1: What Motivates Scientists?

Scientists are not purely seeking knowledge; like anyone else, they are also pursuing fame and fortune. If we can understand the incentives that scientists face, we can better understand why they do what they do. May 17, 2017 Course: INFO 198 / BIOL 106B. University of Washington Instructors: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West Synopsis: Our world is saturated with bullshit. Learn to detect and defuse it. The course will be offered as a 1-credit seminar this spring through the Information School at the University of Washington. We aim to expand it to a 3 or 4 credit course for 2017-2018. For those who cannot attend in person, we aim to videotape the lectures this spring and make video clips freely available on the web. callingbullshit.org/ twitter.com/callin_bull fb.com/callinBS [email protected] Information School ischool.uw.edu/ Department of Biology www.biology.washington.edu/ Video edited by Bum Mook Oh Music by Chris Zabriskie: Prelude No.7

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