Anyone who knows literally anything about the extensive evidence on #MotivatedBias knows that masking applications gives great bang for the "buck"-- it's generally effective methods for decreasing the capacity for various motivations to bias results.

https://www.science.org/content/article/reduce-reputational-bias-nih-may-revamp-how-grant-proposals-are-scored

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US$26,000 a year for an intervention that falls far below the standard "for a clinically meaningful treatment effect." #PHEthx #PrioritySetting #PublicHealthEthics #MotivatedBias #RegulatoryCapture #GovernanceFailure

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/health/alzheimers-drug-leqembi-lecanemab.html https://t.co/TSQ70Ad8S1

I will never cease to be amazed at the willful ignorance that prevails in conversations about #COIs and #MotivatedBias. The #DecisionSciences lit is rich but is roundly ignored in almost all of the reporting on these subjects (incl. by the principals involved).

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I respect Hiroko Tabuchi but once again, we have a NYT story on #COIs btw #academia and industry focused on the wrong points. Far too much time is spent on compliance w/ disclosure requirements, when disclosure FAILS as a remedy for #MotivatedBias.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/climate/frank-mitloehner-uc-davis.html?smid=url-share

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