Stuart James Ritchie is a Scottish psychologist and science communicator known for his research in

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. He has served as a lecturer at the

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since the summer of 2018. He was previously active in researching intelligence as a postdoctoral researcher at the

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. In 2021, his book '' Science Fictions'' was nominated for the £25,000

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but lost out to Merlin Sheldrake's ''

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''. Ritchie writes a newsletter titled ''Science Fictions'' for the newspaper '' i'' (on

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prior to 2023) which, like his book of the same name, focuses on scientific controversies and bias and fraud in scientific research.

Publications

* ''Intelligence: All That Matters'' (2016, part of

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's ''All That Matters'' series) * ''Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth'' (2020)Publication announcement at ''Macmillan''
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