Distrust: big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science

Introduction : disinformation, data torturing, and data mining

Part I: Disinformation. 1. The paranormal is normal ; 2. Flying saucers and space tourists ; 3. Elite conspiracies ; 4. A post-fact world

Part I: Data torturing. 5. Squeezing blood from rocks; 6. Most medicines disappoint ; 7. Provocative, but wrong

Part III. Data mining. 8. Looking for needles in haystacks ; 9. Beat the market ; 10. Too much data

Part IV. The real promise and peril of AI. 11. Overpromising and underdelivering ; 12. Artificial unintelligence

Part V. The crisis. 13. Irreproducible research ; 14. The replication crisis ; 15. Restoring the luster of science.