Fixing the Way We Do Science
Like Duolingo, but for Fixing the Way We Do Science. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Fixing the Way We Do Science
- Positive results are more likely to be published than null results
- A single success among many failures is likely a statistical fluke
- How publication bias creates a false sense of certainty
- Failed experiments provide the necessary context for successful ones
- The 'file drawer problem' hides the true rate of failure
- The necessity of 'failed' experiments for calculating true effect probability
- Incentives favor 'clean' narratives over messy, realistic data
- The public record is a filtered version of scientific reality
- Distinguishing between the reality of research and the distorted public record
- A single study might be a statistical fluke or coincidence
- Selective reporting of data can create false positives
- Independent verification confirms the result wasn't unique to one specific lab or group
- Environmental factors not mentioned in the paper can prevent others from getting the same result
- Common reasons why replication attempts fail
- The definition and value of reproducibility in establishing scientific truth
- Reproducibility requires getting the same result using the same methods
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Fixing the Way We Do Science the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If a scientist runs a study and finds that a new herbal tea has absolutely no effect on sleep, what usually happens next?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Fixing the Way We Do Science takes you
Ever wonder why some scientific 'breakthroughs' turn out to be wrong? Explore the movement to make research more honest, reliable, and open for everyone.
- 1
Spotting Weak Science
- The Mystery of the Missing Results
- Why Most Studies Can't Be Copied
- The Pressure to Find Something New
- How Statistics Can Be Tricky
- 2
Tools for Better Truth-Seeking
- Showing Your Work Before You Start
- Sharing Data with the World
- The Power of Many Labs Working Together
- Rewarding Honesty Over Flashy Headlines
- Checking the Checkers
- Making Science Free for Everyone
- 3
The Big Picture of Discovery
- How Science Corrects Itself
- The Human Side of Research
- Building a Foundation That Lasts
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Fixing the Way We Do Science is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
More Science on Tomo
Dragon Anatomy: Beyond the Basics
Move past simple myths to understand how a dragon's body actually functions. Explore the mechanics of flight, the chemistry of fire-breathing, and the specialized armor that protects these legendary beasts.
The Sky-Shield Experiment
Explore the controversial science of spraying particles into the sky to cool the planet. Learn which materials are being tested, how they reflect sunlight, and what happens when they eventually fall back to Earth.
Quantum Physics in Your Pocket
Move beyond the mystery and see how quantum mechanics powers your everyday life. Discover how particles behaving like waves make your smartphone, medical scans, and future computers possible.
Build Things That Don't Break
Ever wonder why skyscrapers don't topple or how bridges carry thousands of cars? Learn to think like an engineer by mastering the hidden forces that hold our world together.
The Weird World of Quantum Physics
Ever wonder how things can be in two places at once? Discover the strange rules that run our universe and how they power the gadgets you use every day.
CERN and the Mystery of the Mandela Effect
Explore the mind-bending theories connecting the world's largest particle collider to shifts in our collective memory. Discover how scientists hunt for hidden dimensions and why some believe our reality has already branched off.
Start Fixing the Way We Do Science today.
Download Tomo, search Fixing the Way We Do Science, and play your first lesson in under a minute.