Big Flops in Science

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdanov_affair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_and_Grichka_Bogdanoff

• Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World

https://www.fis.unam.mx/~max/mecanica/Plastic_Fantastic.pdf

• Molecular Genetics, Risk Aversion, Return Perceptions, and Stock Market Participation

Molecular genetic endowments related to cognition, personality, health, and body shape, established at least half a century prior, predict an individual’s risk aversion, beliefs regarding the distribution of expected equity returns, and equity market participation

Sentiment Metrics and Investor Demand

We investigate the underlying economic mechanisms and find that common institutional investment styles (e.g., risk management, momentum trading) explain a significant portion of the relation between institutions and sentiment.

There's a sucker born every minute

Flip-flops or not?

The life and work of Jacques Benveniste taught us valuable lessons about how to deal with fringe science, says Philip Ball