Genome Biol September 2020 PMID 32883349

A hypothesis is a liability.

Itai Yanai, Martin Lercher

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What people are saying

Many discussions address the notable experiment regarding students analyzing data related to people's BMI and daily steps. For example, one comment mentions, 'Students who were given a hypothesis to test were more likely to miss a gorilla in dataviz,' while another highlights, 'Having a hypothesis can even be a liability - blinding you from discovery.' The choice of words like 'blinding' and 'missing the gorilla' reflects a critical tone towards traditional hypothesis-driven research and emphasizes the article's proposition that exploratory approaches can yield more discoveries.

AgreementModerate agreement

The majority of discussions reflect an understanding and acceptance of the article's key message against rigid hypothesis-driven approaches.

InterestHigh interest

Participants express a high level of curiosity, as evidenced by references to the gorilla experiment and its implications for scientific practice.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many posts delve deeply into the content of the article, incorporating specific examples and research findings that highlight the importance of exploratory data analysis.

ImpactHigh impact

The discussions suggest that users perceive the article as having significant implications for the future of research methodologies.

Abstract in brief

  • A hypothesis can limit creativity by constraining the range of ideas considered.
  • It may lead to confirmation bias, where one only seeks evidence that supports the hypothesis.
  • Challenging a hypothesis can open new avenues for exploration and innovation.

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Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

The creative process in science has its thinking tools, which we all learn eventually. Here are the 12 articles that Martin and I wrote about them, including "It takes two to think" and "A hypothesis is a liability". https://t.co/UEfc5Zk9c2 @nightsciencepod @MartinJLercher https://t.co/X0beWKjiYA

Aug 10, 2025 · 191 likes · 39 shares · 32,461 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@itaiyanai.bsky.social · Bluesky

The creative process in science has a set of thinking tools that we could do a better job teaching. Here are the 12 articles that Martin and I wrote about them, including "It takes two to think", "A hypothesis is a liability" and "The two languages of science". night-science.org/home/learn/r...

Aug 10, 2025 · 110 likes · 32 shares View post →
Mustafa Yücel
@GillesDeleuze17 · X

Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz etmeleri söylenen öğrenciler, verilerde gizlenen gorili gözden kaçırma eğilimindelermiş. https://t.co/rW1fYBkqLG https://t.co/nTagKzJlzG

Mar 12, 2023 · 72 likes · 11 shares · 61,604 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 24, 2024 · 66 likes · 19 shares · 32,461 followers View post →
Colm Ryan
@colmr · X

@baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 19, 2024 · 50 likes · 6 shares · 1,941 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Perhaps we could be making more discoveries by exploring more?! To test this, we asked students to test a specific hypothesis with a dataset: is BMI related to the number of steps Other students were just asked to analyze the dataset. (Original paper: https://t.co/zYvUp30m72) https://t.co/FZgf64BYHR

Mar 3, 2025 · 43 likes · 1 share · 32,461 followers View post →

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Ming "Tommy" Tang
@tangming2005 · X

9/ Or the paper where researchers missed a gorilla in the data. https://t.co/fRDz3ZcyLM They did not see it because they did not plot it

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Night Science Institute
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A hypothesis is a liability - Genome Biology

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Shyam Prabhakar Lab
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@ItaiYanai @nightsciencepod @MartinJLercher “A hypothesis is a liability” is my favourite :-). My own thoughts, in better words! Too many biologists dogmatically insist that hypothesis-driven is the only path to enlightenment. This outdated view was born of necessity: pre-omics, we could only test 1-2 hypotheses at a time.

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Itai Yanai
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The creative process in science has a set of thinking tools that we could do a better job teaching. Here are the 12 articles that Martin and I wrote about them, including "It takes two to think", "A hypothesis is a liability" and "The two languages of science". night-science.org/home/learn/r...

Aug 10, 2025 · 110 likes · 32 shares View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

The creative process in science has its thinking tools, which we all learn eventually. Here are the 12 articles that Martin and I wrote about them, including "It takes two to think" and "A hypothesis is a liability". https://t.co/UEfc5Zk9c2 @nightsciencepod @MartinJLercher https://t.co/X0beWKjiYA

Aug 10, 2025 · 191 likes · 39 shares · 32,461 followers View post →
Ming "Tommy" Tang
@tangming2005 · X

9/ Or the paper where researchers missed a gorilla in the data. https://t.co/fRDz3ZcyLM They did not see it because they did not plot it

May 16, 2025 · 2 likes · 41,045 followers View post →
Mgmt & Org Review
@MgmtOrgRev · X

Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Mgmt & Org Review
@MgmtOrgRev · X

Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Dr. Sheen S. Levine
@sslevine · X

Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Dr. Sheen S. Levine
@sslevine · X

Are your hypotheses casting shadows on potential discoveries?

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Leap Research
@leapresearchid · X

Why Data Visualization is the First Step in Data Analysis: A Response to 'A Hypothesis is a Liability' https://t.co/W5yJF5N490

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@FinProfBlank · X

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@YukkyOhta · X

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@ahmed_fin · X

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Alex Edmans
@aedmans · X

A Hypothesis is a Liability. Students were given data on people's BMI and daily steps. One group tested hypotheses, the second was hypothesis-free. The data, when plotted, depicted a gorilla. But the first group failed to notice the "gorilla in the room". https://t.co/MtuejjzYO8 https://t.co/giDI5Cy96R

Mar 14, 2025 · 17 likes · 6 shares · 12,966 followers View post →
Muller Lab
@Muller_Lab · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Perhaps we could be making more discoveries by exploring more?! To test this, we asked students to test a specific hypothesi…

Mar 3, 2025 · 1 share · 1,432 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Perhaps we could be making more discoveries by exploring more?! To test this, we asked students to test a specific hypothesis with a dataset: is BMI related to the number of steps Other students were just asked to analyze the dataset. (Original paper: https://t.co/zYvUp30m72) https://t.co/FZgf64BYHR

Mar 3, 2025 · 43 likes · 1 share · 32,461 followers View post →
Christopher Chabris
@cfchabris · X

Are LLMs like humans who fail to notice the "invisible gorilla" that Daniel Simons and I wrote about? I guess the title of Chiraag's report kind of gives away the result: "Your AI Can't See Gorillas" https://t.co/ZXWTYBdvVt (Yanai & Lercher 2020 paper: https://t.co/C65BPqEE4N)

Feb 9, 2025 · 3 likes · 10,765 followers View post →
Anderson Nascimento
@andersonc0d3.bsky.social · Bluesky

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Jan 30, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Anderson Nascimento
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67 | A hypothesis is a liability https://t.co/kJwK71Hsj4

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Itai Yanai
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Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

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Аnа Dorrego Rivas
@adorrego_r · X

Listening to this episode of Night Science while analysing, moving, observing my ephys data… is a good match

Jan 14, 2025 · 4 likes · 2,339 followers View post →
Hideaki Matsubayashi
@Matsubayashi_E · X

https://t.co/zPrQiTdgKX “In this episode, Itai and Martin delve into the interplay between hypothesis-driven and exploratory research, drawing on insights from past guests of the Night Science Podcast.” A hypothesis is a liability, Genome Biology, 2020 https://t.co/z9oEyMZNDY

Jan 7, 2025 · 154 followers View post →
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@Matsubayashi_J · X

https://t.co/2bn1u4SsDa “In this episode, Itai and Martin delve into the interplay between hypothesis-driven and exploratory research, drawing on insights from past guests of the Night Science Podcast.” A hypothesis is a liability, Genome Biology, 2020 https://t.co/gTnogxTzQ7

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Itai Yanai
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Postdoc Night Science Boston, Session 2, is also tomorrow! Join us postdocs for a discussion on the 'Data-Hypothesis Conversation: A Hypothesis is a Liability' tinyurl.com/yc3j2c2n Thank you Yiqiao Zheng and @shaizil.bsky.social for organizing!

Jan 6, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Postdoc Night Science Boston, Session 2, is also tomorrow! Join us postdocs for a discussion on the 'Data-Hypothesis Conversation: A Hypothesis is a Liability' https://t.co/FFVEA0AKlP Thank you @YiqiaoZHENG and @zilberzwige for organizing! https://t.co/Hth1oS2C26

Jan 6, 2025 · 32,461 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Having a hypothesis can even be a liability - blinding you from discovery: do you think you would have discovered a gorilla hiding in plain sight in your data? We found that you're 3 times less likely to do so if you have a specific hypothesis in mind. https://t.co/zYvUp30m72 https://t.co/iDMOPXtxOp

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Postdoc Night Science Boston, Session 2!

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A hypothesis is a liability genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Dec 31, 2024 · 3 likes · 4 shares View post →
Kelly A. Hogan Ph.D.
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A hypothesis is a liability https://t.co/vAFNBdS2ef

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Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

This Night Science Podcast episode is probably the best one yet and is dedicated to everyone who has ever been accused of going on a scientific 'fishing expedition'. https://t.co/nUlmhhOBJ7 @nightsciencepod

Dec 16, 2024 · 29 likes · 4 shares · 32,461 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@itaiyanai.bsky.social · Bluesky

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The Night Science Podcast
@nightsciencepod · X

RT @ItaiYanai:

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Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

This episode was curated by @udupaarjun Apple: https://t.co/4ILImnXPlI Spotify: https://t.co/ZozcXZaWem It was generously supported by Research Theory (https://t.co/MPuQzJeuHl) @research_theory. Thank you! @nightsciencepod

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Itai Yanai
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Itai Yanai
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RT @nightsciencepod:

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KaminskiMed
@kaminskimed.bsky.social · Bluesky

I remember seeing this paper, we were still in 1st yr of #COVID19 pandemic - don't remember which wave, before vaccines. I loved the title & content, but was busy & forgot to tweet, so doing it now. "A Hypothesis is a liability"

Dec 6, 2024 · 2 likes View post →
Sergey Isaev
@sv_isaev · X

(18) At the end of the day, it was a very fun journey and a good illustration of why it’s important to look at the data and be extremely careful with it (hi, gorilla! https://t.co/BQ5raPgtcM). A useful example from my PhD for my future academic career, ha-ha.

Nov 26, 2024 · 1 like · 73 followers View post →
Ingo Rohlfing
@ingorohlfing.bsky.social · Bluesky

A hypothesis is a liability #MetaScience genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Students who were given a hypothesis to test were more likely to miss a gorilla in dataviz because they did fewer exploratory analyses. The study is worth replicating, my guess being it would replicate. 1/

Nov 12, 2024 · 8 likes · 1 share View post →
Davud Rostam-Afschar
@almostcertainly · X

Yanai and Lercher (2020) show in an experiment that "students without a specific hypothesis were almost five times more likely to discover the gorilla when analyzing this dataset…" https://t.co/g8R1O3WXJk

Nov 9, 2024 · 1 like · 722 followers View post →
Yann de Mey
@yanndemey.bsky.social · Bluesky

I got the idea from @itaiyanai.bsky.social's paper "A hypothesis is a liability genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Nov 1, 2024 · 1 share View post →
Paraish S. Misra, M.D.
@ParaishM · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Do you think you would you have discovered a gorilla hiding in plain sight in your data? We found that you are 5 times less…

Aug 13, 2024 · 364 shares · 132 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

RT @LindorffLarsen: A hypothesis is a liability, or Can you find the monkey https://t.co/m5C0NhFOAR

Aug 13, 2024 · 1 share · 32,461 followers View post →
Kresten Lindorff-Larsen
@LindorffLarsen · X

A hypothesis is a liability, or Can you find the monkey https://t.co/m5C0NhFOAR

Aug 13, 2024 · 3 likes · 1 share · 14,524 followers View post →
Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón
@alejandrorgijon · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Do you think you would you have discovered a gorilla hiding in plain sight in your data? We found that you are 5 times less…

Aug 9, 2024 · 364 shares · 923 followers View post →
Paulo Navarro-Costa
@germcells · X

https://t.co/wxbnzLXK7H

Jun 29, 2024 · 1,166 followers View post →
Kartik Soni
@kartiksoni23 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 26, 2024 · 19 shares · 862 followers View post →
Seeds of Science
@science_seeds · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 1,919 followers View post →
Lorenzo Calviello
@translatomics · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 665 followers View post →
Abneer Jhair VB
@Jhair20022002 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 49 followers View post →
Suiliang Xia
@YanYang80603102 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 53 followers View post →
Nithyanan Annamalai
@BlackSamrat · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 369 followers View post →
Samir
@Ali_MoussaSamir · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 79 followers View post →
Bost_lab
@BostLab72311 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 85 followers View post →
Irene Ghobrial
@IrenemGhobrial · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 861 followers View post →
Ken Xie
@CuriousKX · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 122 followers View post →
Domenico Bellomo
@BellomoDomenico · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 415 followers View post →
Irene Cantone
@CantoneIrene · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 1,755 followers View post →
Jitendra Kumar Sharma
@jkumarsharma998 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 1,329 followers View post →
Meisam Yousefi
@MeisamYsf · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 277 followers View post →
“Namthip” Krittiyabhorn Kongtanawanich
@KuchikiNamthip · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 49 followers View post →
Meghali Aich
@meghali_aich · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 25, 2024 · 19 shares · 676 followers View post →
Pipo
@quipupe · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 24, 2024 · 19 shares · 6,281 followers View post →
Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD
@BBParis1984 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 24, 2024 · 19 shares · 3,419 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Never let a hypothesis get in the way of your exploration. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/JJdc9Qra5t

Jun 24, 2024 · 66 likes · 19 shares · 32,461 followers View post →
Georg @ Real Scientists DE
@realscientists.de · Bluesky

2) Lest nach, warum man manchmal den Gorilla vor lauter Daten nicht sieht…

May 10, 2024 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Penryn Evolution and Genetics
@BIO1436 · X

A hypothesis is a liability | Genome Biology | Full Text https://t.co/6BvyEaHMAH

Jan 31, 2024 · 223 followers View post →
Mihaly Hanics
@HanicsResearch · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Do you think you would you have discovered a gorilla hiding in plain sight in your data? We found that you are 5 times less…

Jan 29, 2024 · 364 shares · 182 followers View post →
Wiep Klaas Smits
@SmitsLab · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 22, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,359 followers View post →
Cliona O'Farrelly
@ClionaOfarrelly · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 22, 2024 · 6 shares · 2,906 followers View post →
Christopher Wheat
@ChrisWWheat · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 21, 2024 · 6 shares · 1,618 followers View post →
Manas Mahale
@manas_mahale · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 21, 2024 · 6 shares · 175 followers View post →
tyler
@tyler19079389 · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 19, 2024 · 6 shares · 27 followers View post →
Jakkarōpu
@SisssBooomBaaah · X

RT @colmr: @baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 19, 2024 · 6 shares · 238 followers View post →
Colm Ryan
@colmr · X

@baym nice illustration of the value of looking at the data here https://t.co/Z72BfCQNI4

Jan 19, 2024 · 50 likes · 6 shares · 1,941 followers View post →
b_hring_m
@b_hring_m · X

RT @ItaiYanai: Having a hypothesis can even be a liability - blinding you from discovery: do you think you would have discovered a gorilla…

Jan 14, 2024 · 1 share · 124 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

Having a hypothesis can even be a liability - blinding you from discovery: do you think you would have discovered a gorilla hiding in plain sight in your data? We found that you're 3 times less likely to do so if you have a specific hypothesis in mind. https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu https://t.co/i4vYyl2imI

Jan 14, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 32,461 followers View post →
Douglas Adamoski
@DouglasAdamoski · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Jan 8, 2024 · 41 shares · 157 followers View post →
João Cardeira-da-Silva
@joao_cardeira · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 20, 2023 · 41 shares · 591 followers View post →
akshay Balsubramani
@_bakshay · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 20, 2023 · 41 shares · 787 followers View post →
WILLIAM DARAN(daranwilliam.bsky.social)
@DaranWilliam · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 18, 2023 · 41 shares · 112 followers View post →
jan homolak
@JanHomolak · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 634 followers View post →
Joon Sang Lee
@JSLee198 · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 43 followers View post →
Yuan James Rao
@yuanjamesrao · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 2,266 followers View post →
Sristy Shreya
@Sristy_H · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 53 followers View post →
FL Consortium on the Neurobiology of Cognition
@FCNeuroCog · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 290 followers View post →
Neuroscience FIU
@NeuroFIU · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 341 followers View post →
Winter Conference
@learning_memory · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 660 followers View post →
Tim Allen
@AllenNeuroLab · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 17, 2023 · 41 shares · 2,944 followers View post →
Divya
@MishDivya · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 16, 2023 · 41 shares · 1,259 followers View post →
Greg Hamilton, PhD
@NotGregH · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 14, 2023 · 41 shares · 157 followers View post →
Laura Carpen
@laura_carpen · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 14, 2023 · 41 shares · 174 followers View post →
Summan Zahra
@summanzahra_ · X

RT @ItaiYanai: 12. And remember, always plot your data! There could be gorillas hiding in there! https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu @MartinJLercher ht…

Dec 13, 2023 · 41 shares · 716 followers View post →
K.M. Venkat Narayan
@kmvnarayan14 · X

A hypothesis is a liability | Genome Biology | Full Text https://t.co/WVDhm6iI0m

Dec 12, 2023 · 1,526 followers View post →
fghp
@david464 · X

RT @Meyer_DH: @fragmites @lpachter Also a good read and reminder to always plot the data: https://t.co/Ue5UNeA7GE

Dec 8, 2023 · 1 share · 161 followers View post →
K.M. Venkat Narayan
@kmvnarayan14 · X

A hypothesis is a liability | Genome Biology | Full Text https://t.co/WVDhm6iI0m

Nov 28, 2023 · 1 like · 1,526 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

@dgmacarthur @cshperspectives @davidjglassMD Hypotheses are indeed dangerous things. https://t.co/zYvUp30m72.

Nov 26, 2023 · 3 likes · 1 share · 32,461 followers View post →
Yann de Mey
@YanndeMey · X

@MoritzFritschle Credit goes to https://t.co/SaXbkPls1c

Nov 2, 2023 · 1 like · 1,760 followers View post →
Helena Jambor is gone elsewhere.
@helenajambor · X

@Nature @BerndPulverer @ItaiYanai a hypothesis is a liability

Oct 18, 2023 · 1 like · 3,014 followers View post →
Kristen DeAngelis
@kristenobacter.bsky.social · Bluesky

Low-key obsessed with the idea of "night science" (and also doing night science). The mind needs time for ideas to gel! https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w

Jul 25, 2023 View post →
Andric
@astralwave · X

@DamiDina @petepetrash There is a paper that goes into how this works in science (specifically, hypothesis formation, which is the creative part of research). I find it quite interesting: https://t.co/VgerPme08f

Jul 23, 2023 · 2,653 followers View post →
Kerem Özcan
@kerem_ozcan · X

@AliOilhan Bunu sen mi paylaşmıştın hatırlayamadım. Belirli bir hipotez üzerine datayı analiz etme görevi verilen 19 öğrencinin 14’ü data setinde gizli olan gorili kaçırmış. https://t.co/DvngZSiF2V https://t.co/tIYoX0kRyg

Jun 22, 2023 · 2 likes · 204 followers View post →
Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanai · X

https://t.co/zYvUp2ZOhu

Jun 4, 2023 · 9 likes · 32,461 followers View post →
Chris Chambers
@chrisdc77 · X

@lakens There's not much on this, especially for RRs (for which the number of critics went from almost everyone to virtually no-one in the space of 10 years) Two papers that come to mind though: https://t.co/VumvYKLHZO and https://t.co/MX5AHAKohi

May 27, 2023 · 4 likes · 1 share · 21,502 followers View post →
Reuben O'Connell Booth
@rocb_ento · X

@RoryQ_ you might like these if you've not seen them: https://t.co/PuHEluEeXu https://t.co/G6OPlbtlkC https://t.co/lPk6Jrdh14 In terms of philosophy I think feyerabend also asks some really interesting questions as well: https://t.co/ECZ9KFxofa

Apr 13, 2023 · 136 followers View post →
Alejandro Sandoval-Lentisco
@Alejand31463005 · X

RT @ReproTeaUM: Esta tarde a las 16h tendremos nuestra segunda sesión de ReproducibiliTea

Mar 27, 2023 · 1 share · 91 followers View post →
ReproducibiliTea UM
@ReproTeaUM · X

Esta tarde a las 16h tendremos nuestra segunda sesión de ReproducibiliTea

Mar 27, 2023 · 6 likes · 1 share · 76 followers View post →
ReproducibiliTea UM
@ReproTeaUM · X

Utilizaremos como marco y paper a discutir esta interesante editorial de Genome Biology: https://t.co/TiPPEmV9b8

Mar 21, 2023 · 1 like · 76 followers View post →
Ivor Middleton
@FDPOuk · X

Bookmarking bmi and steps data: focus on the hypotheses and miss the gorilla. https://t.co/QgSujaFvVu

Mar 18, 2023 · 261 followers View post →
ɑι
@aaruDBSJ · X

RT @GillesDeleuze17: Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz…

Mar 12, 2023 · 11 shares · 476 followers View post →
Q
@kasoke001 · X

RT @GillesDeleuze17: Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz…

Mar 12, 2023 · 11 shares · 22 followers View post →
Rimsky Korsakow
@MDalbudak42 · X

RT @GillesDeleuze17: Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz…

Mar 12, 2023 · 11 shares · 3 followers View post →
read.me.txt.
@banndersnnatch · X

RT @GillesDeleuze17: Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz…

Mar 12, 2023 · 11 shares · 442 followers View post →
Aslı Odman
@odmanasli · X

RT @GillesDeleuze17: Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz…

Mar 12, 2023 · 11 shares · 14,306 followers View post →
Mustafa Yücel
@GillesDeleuze17 · X

Ünlü görünmez goril deneyinin bir benzerini yapmışlar: Belirli bir hipotezi test etmek için bir veri kümesini analiz etmeleri söylenen öğrenciler, verilerde gizlenen gorili gözden kaçırma eğilimindelermiş. https://t.co/rW1fYBkqLG https://t.co/nTagKzJlzG

Mar 12, 2023 · 72 likes · 11 shares · 61,604 followers View post →
Bermond Scoggins
@BermondScoggins · X

@stephenjwild Reminds me of this paper about a gorilla hidden in the data (https://t.co/gHy6pydslr)!

Feb 28, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 130 followers View post →
venu☘️
@itsvenu_ · X

@ATpoint90 @Mohamed95ashraf @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics I think exploring data "without upfront question" and find possible patterns (whatever they are) is understimated. Having a hypothesis is good but shouldn't be mandatory, especially for starters https://t.co/BjEp2iZCKt

Feb 19, 2023 · 677 followers View post →
K.M. Venkat Narayan
@kmvnarayan14 · X

https://t.co/WVDhm6jfPU https://t.co/uTOEsn3abx

Jan 23, 2023 · 1,526 followers View post →
Juan pachanga
@AndromedaRoi · X

RT @agingdoc1: A hypothesis is a liability @MartinJLercher @ItaiYanai https://t.co/cxS7EXwcSP https://t.co/CiczBXXGii

Dec 26, 2022 · 1 share · 414 followers View post →
Agingdoc
@agingdoc1 · X

A hypothesis is a liability @MartinJLercher @ItaiYanai https://t.co/cxS7EXwcSP https://t.co/CiczBXXGii

Dec 26, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 41,436 followers View post →
Ash Paul
@pash22 · X

A hypothesis is a liability https://t.co/kzDRKCJWkY via @ItaiYanai & @MartinJLercher

Dec 23, 2022 · 2 likes · 32,257 followers View post →
Alejandro Montenegro
@aemonten · X

@Jeff_Mold Ha, as @ItaiYanai says, "a hypothesis is a liability" https://t.co/SCBk7J7neT

Jul 7, 2022 · 9,044 followers View post →
Xiaohan Li
@xlichem · X

RT @alexshauser: hypotheses may lead you to give up on your data prematurely A hypothesis is a liability: https://t.co/5HLZNDzK8U

May 17, 2022 · 1 share · 505 followers View post →
Alexander S. Hauser
@alexshauser · X

hypotheses may lead you to give up on your data prematurely A hypothesis is a liability: https://t.co/5HLZNDzK8U

May 17, 2022 · 5 likes · 1 share · 907 followers View post →
Casper Jamin
@casper_jamin · X

RT @jomcinerney: In case you missed this very nice paper: A Hypothesis is a liability. https://t.co/hp5iJatpuP

Mar 5, 2022 · 3 shares · 101 followers View post →
Mohii bajwa
@mahmed_ihsan · X

RT @jomcinerney: In case you missed this very nice paper: A Hypothesis is a liability. https://t.co/hp5iJatpuP

Mar 4, 2022 · 3 shares · 191 followers View post →
Alexandre Silva Reis
@Xaleh · X

O vídeo que originou esse looping foi esse aqui ahahaha: https://t.co/0ZJ3x8tdR3

Oct 18, 2021 · 138 followers View post →
ning
@notningyuan · X

It strikes me that I have never been taught to explore data for it's own sake. Working w/ data in undergrad was always to answer questions, not come up w/ new ones. Even exploratory plots are to meant to answer "what dist. does the data come from?" (45/n) https://t.co/J599RVzKZC

Oct 15, 2021 · 53 followers View post →
Data Hackers
@datahackersofic · X

Link do vídeo: https://t.co/fSc7LlH51c

Oct 13, 2021 · 5,382 followers View post →
Youhei Kondou
@dw3w4at · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 24, 2021 · 14 shares · 416 followers View post →
Makoto IGUCHI (いぐっち)
@igucci · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 624 followers View post →
カワタカオルタナティブ(字数オーバー)
@kawataka_alter · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 862 followers View post →
徹宵
@tesshou · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 250 followers View post →
ギーつくの森本(taku3w, JJ1TBC) ⋈
@takuzirra · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 1,958 followers View post →
のま@養生中
@nowmas · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 300 followers View post →
im22
@iskwmk22 · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 748 followers View post →
石部統久
@mototchen · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 1,075 followers View post →
awagak anir
@rinabou_k · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 23, 2021 · 14 shares · 504 followers View post →
ItSANgo
@ItSANgo · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 22, 2021 · 14 shares · 1,487 followers View post →
黒木玄 Gen Kuroki
@genkuroki · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 22, 2021 · 14 shares · 15,586 followers View post →
Daisuke Tajima
@d30tajima · X

RT @kaz_ogiwara: 出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). ht…

Sep 21, 2021 · 14 shares · 508 followers View post →
荻原 和樹 / Kazuki OGIWARA
@kaz_ogiwara · X

出典はこちら。 ニューヨーク大学とハインリヒ・ハイネ大学の研究者による論文。 Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). https://t.co/w30v8e5jIk https://t.co/8Rhp7N0yDu

Sep 21, 2021 · 24 likes · 14 shares · 7,926 followers View post →
Filippo Bassi
@fillobax · X

RT @SchnableLab: Another example of the importance of developing the habit of always visualizing your data. Out of 33 students asked to ana…

Sep 21, 2021 · 4 shares · 2,314 followers View post →
Shawn Thomas
@shawnkthomas · X

RT @SchnableLab: Another example of the importance of developing the habit of always visualizing your data. Out of 33 students asked to ana…

Sep 21, 2021 · 4 shares · 1,079 followers View post →
Silvia Manrique (@tank-silvia.bsky.social)
@tank_silvia · X

RT @SchnableLab: Another example of the importance of developing the habit of always visualizing your data. Out of 33 students asked to ana…

Sep 21, 2021 · 4 shares · 549 followers View post →
RheeLab
@SueRhee2 · X

RT @SchnableLab: Another example of the importance of developing the habit of always visualizing your data. Out of 33 students asked to ana…

Sep 20, 2021 · 4 shares · 3,572 followers View post →
Schnable Lab
@SchnableLab · X

Another example of the importance of developing the habit of always visualizing your data. Out of 33 students asked to analyze this dataset, only 14 discovered the gorilla. https://t.co/fAPjJgkCz8 https://t.co/kdPd9YGYB5

Sep 20, 2021 · 28 likes · 4 shares · 4,001 followers View post →
Robert E. Rollins
@RBorrelia · X

Interesting read

Mar 30, 2021 · 251 followers View post →
W Maartin Strauss, Ph.D.
@WMaartin · X

@FattebertJ Reminded me of this editorial, which strangely enough, I found again via Twitter barely 24h ago. https://t.co/FVkIHhQAtW

Feb 10, 2021 · 459 followers View post →
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
@HHU_de · X

RT @elpeterico: gerade den

Feb 2, 2021 · 1 share · 8,371 followers View post →
Peter Bernardi
@elpeterico · X

gerade den

Feb 2, 2021 · 4 likes · 1 share · 472 followers View post →
Mark Rubin
@RubinPsyc · X

@DataSciFact Reminds me of this paper, in which participants who were given an a priori hypothesis were less likely to explore the data and find that graphing it showed the picture of a gorilla! https://t.co/aSafLbtRZw https://t.co/lMqbyWOQqk

Nov 24, 2020 · 3 likes · 3,141 followers View post →
Gilberto RM
@gilreyme · X

Visualize your data always. The gorilla experiment: Yanai, I., Lercher, M. A hypothesis is a liability. Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). https://t.co/5owrdGInqI https://t.co/gRno1FOgdx

Nov 5, 2020 · 1 like · 218 followers View post →
Eli Lazarus
@envidynxlab · X

RT @ebgoldstein: V. interesting paper: ‘A hypothesis is a liability’ https://t.co/URtXDG5RT3 https://t.co/M4HROH2QiK

Oct 14, 2020 · 4 shares · 825 followers View post →
Sabastian Mukonza
@sabmuk · X

RT @ebgoldstein: V. interesting paper: ‘A hypothesis is a liability’ https://t.co/URtXDG5RT3 https://t.co/M4HROH2QiK

Oct 14, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,549 followers View post →
Dan Buscombe
@magic_walnut · X

RT @ebgoldstein: V. interesting paper: ‘A hypothesis is a liability’ https://t.co/URtXDG5RT3 https://t.co/M4HROH2QiK

Oct 13, 2020 · 4 shares · 960 followers View post →
Evan Goldstein
@ebgoldstein · X

V. interesting paper: ‘A hypothesis is a liability’ https://t.co/URtXDG5RT3 https://t.co/M4HROH2QiK

Oct 13, 2020 · 16 likes · 4 shares · 1,041 followers View post →
Dr Lech S. Borkowski
@LechSBorkowski · X

Interesting article by Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher: "A hypothesis is a liability", Genome Biol 21, 231 (2020). https://t.co/s5fzSOdaZD https://t.co/58eh6rgT4i

Oct 7, 2020 · 420 followers View post →
John Chaston
@gutbacteria · X

Great reminder to look at the data first. https://t.co/gLnHRygYXT

Sep 7, 2020 · 312 followers View post →
Rage Against the Miocene
@organiccarbon.bsky.social · Bluesky

Brilliant - on the complementarity (rather than opposition) of hypothesis-driven vs non-hypothesis exploratory research. https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w

Sep 5, 2020 View post →