THE QUESTION
Why does a lie travel further than the truth?
Does one significantly influence the other? Three quarters of the votes cast decide.
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You cannot check a claim whose data is not released → influences? → A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder
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Completed phase — the record of pairs and votes stands above.Check the logic ↗
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | open | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✓ yes | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✓ yes | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✓ yes | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✓ inferred | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✓ inferred | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | → | A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | Nobody keeps a public record of which official claims were later revised | ✗ no | discuss |
| Requests for data are answered eighteen months later, if at all | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | → | The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it | ✗ no | discuss |
| The few outside are dismissed as cranks by association | → | Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | ✗ no | discuss |
| A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| A paper that contradicts the field is reviewed harder than one that confirms it | → | A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed | ✗ no | discuss |
| Once labelled, a claim cannot get a hearing even when the evidence changes | → | Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | ✗ no | discuss |
| Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported | → | Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | in focus ↑ · close ✕ |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | → | There is no body whose job is to be wrong-footed early | ✗ no | discuss |
| A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | → | Being unable to reproduce a result is not itself publishable | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | A researcher who audits a funder's work loses the funder | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | A genuine critic and a bad-faith one look identical from a distance | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | ✗ no | discuss |
| Peer review is three unpaid people on a deadline | → | So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | ✗ no | discuss |
| So institutions treat all criticism as one category and answer none of it | → | Institutions investigate themselves and find nothing | ✗ no | discuss |
| The reply is that release would be misinterpreted by the public | → | You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | ✗ no | discuss |
| You cannot check a claim whose data is not released | → | Each revision is announced as if it were the position all along | ✗ no | discuss |