Part 2 of blogpost on the hypocrisy behind Gold Standard Science
https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/08/gold-standard-science-isnt-gold_27.html
I'm curious to know if anyone has come across NIH's "Autism Data Science Initiative" - which popped up very briefly before closing to applications.
#autism #NIH #GoldStandardScience

Yet again, USA:

Managers do not have to follow illegal executive orders.

QT AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org‬
2025 August 20

The Administration’s #GoldStandardScience order undermines research integrity & threatens public trust in science.

Read AGU President Brandon Jones’ latest #FromtheProw, & stand with us:
https://fromtheprow.agu.org/all-thats-gold-does-not-glitter/

https://bsky.app/profile/agu.org/post/3lwtjwjufta2h

I mean, let's get real. This IS what they mean by Gold Standard Science, amirite?

#GoldStandard
#FederalFunding
#GoldStandardScience

https://Climate.gov Didn't Fit Trump's "#GoldStandard"
For nearly fifteen years, https://climate.gov was #NOAA’s #climate #science crown jewel.
The site embodied precisely the virtues the new EO trumpets as “#GoldStandardScience”: reproducible, transparent, clearly communicating error and uncertainty, and subject to peer review.
Yet on May 31, the contract that funded the portal’s editorial team lapsed, and on June 24, the standalone domain vanished.
https://scilight.substack.com/p/climategov-didnt-fit-trumps-gold

Trump’s “#GoldStandard #Science” is already wearing thin
#FDA Commissioner #MartyMakary was on one of weekend news programs, where he was asked about decision to limit pregnant people's access to #COVIDvaccines. Host mentioned that aggregation of studies involving a total of over 1.8M had shown #vaccine was safe and effective.
Makary dismissed all that data because it wasn't "#GoldStandardScience," perfectly illustrating how phrase can be used as a tool to mislead public.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/analysis-trumps-gold-standard-science-is-already-wearing-thin/

Sadly easy to see that this emphasis on "gold-standard science" by the US administration is just the latest and more plausible-sounding version of "Do your own research" - a blatant attempt to use the inherent scepticism of genuine science as a weapon against science itself. No good can come from anti-science ideologues cherry-picking ideas from research integrity and taking them out of context.

https://www.cos.io/about/news/cos-statement-on-restoring-gold-standard-science-executive-order

#ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #GoldStandardScience