Kostas Kampourakis

On Type I and II Errors, False Positives and False Negatives If you know people confused about all these, here is a helpful representation

On Type I and II Errors, False Positives and False Negatives

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Gregor Mendel, geneticists' hero?
Why is it so hard to understand a simple argument?

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Many thanks to @affifi.bsky.social, @kampourakisk.bsky.social, @thomasreydon.bsky.social, Maria-Elice Prestes, Susan Hanisch, William McComas, @cmooreanderson.bsky.social for the talks. Hybrid format didn't work out for the discussion, alas, but I look fwd to following your work! #ISHPSSB2025

The Wonder of Life on Earth by Henry Gee Find out more about The Wonder of Life on Earth by Henry Gee

Just signed off proofs of 'The Wonder of Life on Earth'. They're gorgeous! It's a shorter version of 'A (Very) Short Version of Life on Earth' re-written for pre-teens, illustrated by Raxenne Maniquiz. It's out in February but available for preorder www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...

We still do not understand family resemblance ...

I wrote a little bit about a cool recent paper looking at heritability estimates from very large registry data, and how we still really don't understand why outcomes track in families. A short 🧵:

Copies received! And it looks perfect! Always feels like the first time. Take a look when you have the chance.

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The crisis in American science - Kathryn M. Olesko, Anthony Eames, Cyrus C. M. Mody, Ilana Löwy, Thomas Zeller, Mark Walker, Mitchell G. Ash, Donna Haraway, 2025 The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unpr...

I ask my new + old followers to circulate this open access roundtable onAmerican science. Please repost! We in the USA are losing our lead in scientific research due to totalitarian tendencies in the current administration. This loss will affect all of us.
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When to trust scientific claims This is what we should be teaching in schools!

When to trust scientific claims
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YouTube video by The Dissenter #1105 Kostas Kampourakis - Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching

An interesting discussion, as ever with the ⁦‪Dissenter‬⁩, about my latest book Trusting Science

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YouTube video by The Dissenter #1105 Kostas Kampourakis - Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching

An interesting discussion, as ever with the ⁦‪Dissenter‬⁩, about my latest book Trusting Science

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YouTube video by The Dissenter #1105 Kostas Kampourakis - Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching

New episode (1105), with Dr. Kostas Kampourakis (@kampourakisk.bsky.social‬). We talk about his new book, Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching. #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/z-hCoBsEp2s
Podcast: bit.ly/4dNbAZV

When to trust scientific claims This is what we should be teaching in schools!

When to trust scientific claims
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Elisabeth Vrba obituary Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Elisabeth Vrba obituary www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... My thanks to Georg Vrba, Elisabeth’s husband, for information and photos on her life and work in South Africa.

Scientific expertise and trustworthiness Nobody can be an expert on everything, so do not trust those who pretend to be

Scientific expertise and trustworthiness
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Scientific expertise and trustworthiness Nobody can be an expert on everything, so do not trust those who pretend to be

Scientific expertise and trustworthiness
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Just two more days to go before this offer expires in a puff of digital steam.

Trust, Mistrust, and Distrust How We Relate to Scientist

Trust, Mistrust, and Distrust
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Trust, Mistrust, and Distrust How We Relate to Scientist

Trust, Mistrust, and Distrust
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A nice review of Darwin Mythology by Douglas Allchin in The Quarterly Review of Biology (no access required to read online).
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Glad you liked it Kevin!

Take a look inside my book Trusting Science!

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Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching Amazon.com: Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching: 9780197787106: Kampourakis, Kostas: Books

Take a look inside my new book Trusting Science! A lot of material is available!

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The key idea of my new book Trusting Science! Check out the figure!

About Darwin and myths.

Check out this two recent open-access papers, with a common focus on essentialism!

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PUBLISHED!!!

My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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PUBLISHED!!!

My new book, Trusting Science, is now available in the USA. Hope you get a copy and enjoy reading it! (check below for a discount code).
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Ancestry inferences from DNA testing results: The problem of sociogenetic essentialism - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Millions of people have now taken DNA ancestry tests, with many of them looking for information about their origins or even their ethnic identity. However, what these tests can only do is allow for a ...

The problem of sociogenetic essentialism! Clarifying what we are dealing with and what we might do about it:
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Check out this two recent open-access papers, with a common focus on essentialism!

karger.com/hde/article-...

link.springer.com/article/10.1...