## Beware of the big claims :open_hands: <!-- Put the link to this slide here so people can follow --> **Rizqy Amelia Zein** Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations Lab Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga slides: https://s.id/aspen --- :strip_icc():format(jpeg)/kly-media-production/medias/3151364/original/087825900_1591963894-12_jUNI_2020-1.jpg) [more of the story](https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/06/17/preventing-misleading-claim-of-covid-19-cure.html) ---  [more of the story](https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/indonesian-made-genose-breathalyzer-already-sold-online-illegally/) --- :strip_icc():format(jpeg)/kly-media-production/medias/3276761/original/064359200_1603496216-50213115686_f6b6dc131c_c.jpg) [more of the story](https://en.tempo.co/read/1434450/too-early-to-claim-efficacy-of-nusantara-vaccine-says-bpom) --- ## The danger of "big claims" :boom: <div style="text-align: left"> * None of those research teams made their written report or data available to public, despite the use of public funding. * The discourse is often centered around ethno-nationalist sentiments. * Sensationalist claims eventually cease and therefore, corroding public trust to science and scientists. </div> --- ## Openness and humility :pray: <div style="text-align: left"> * Owning limitations of scientific findings is **too rarely valued**, when science is a rat-race. * Scientists play their role as "a token gesture" in a populist, science-sceptic government. * Transparency allows scientific community to protect the public's interests. * ...but ==openness requires humility==. </div> --- ## Open science helps :open_file_folder: <div style="text-align: left"> * Adopting open scientific practices equates with strong commitment to quality by allowing feedback and robustness check of the claims. * ..and therefore, protects the public's interests. * Being transparent is a signal of trustworthiness, public would be inclined to trust science more. </div> --- ### Thank you! :tada: You can find me on: - [My personal website](https://rameliaz.github.io/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ameliazein) - [..or email](mailto:amelia.zein@psikologi.unair.ac.id)