A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes.
In 2010, two famous economists, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, released a paper confirming what many fiscally conservative politicians had long suspected: that a country’s economic growth tanks if public debt rises above a certain percentage of GDP.
project pairs authors of influential scientific papers with reviewers who go through their work looking for errors. Reviewers get paid up to 1,000 Swiss francs to review a paper and earn bonuses for identifying minor, moderate, and major errors. The original authors are also paid for submitting their paper.
. Elson already knew Wessel, and asked the researcher whether he’d like to take part in the project. Wessel agreed, on the proviso that he submitted a paper where he was the lone author. If they found a major error, Wessel wanted it to be clear that it was his mistake alone, and not risk jeopardizing the career of a colleague or former student. Wessel offered a paper he’d published in 2018 and was paired with Stanford neuroscientist Russ Poldrack, who checked the paper for errors.
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