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American theoretical and evolutionary biologist
Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a
theoretical and
evolutionary biologist and a
professor at the
University of Washington in
Seattle, Washington , United States.
[3] Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research.
[4] He is the co-author of a book on misinformation called Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington.
[5]
Education
Bergstrom completed his
Ph.D. at
Stanford University under the supervision of
Marcus Feldman
[1] in 1998.
Research
Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks,
[6] as well as the ecology and evolution of
pathogenic organisms , including the development of
resistance .
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
He is the coauthor (with Lee Dugatkin) of a college textbook, Evolution .
[13] With Jevin West, he developed the popular course and website
Calling Bullshit .
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19] His work has led to the identification of him as a resource to explain the dynamics of
disinformation and misinformation,
[20] in general.
In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include the
ranking of scientific journals . In 2007, he introduced the
Eigenfactor ,
[2] metrics for journal ranking.
[21] This and related work on
open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, the
SPARC Innovator Award in June 2007.
[22]
See also
References
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a
b
c
Bergstrom, Carl (1998).
Game-theoretic models of signalling among relatives (PhD thesis). Stanford University.
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a
b
Bergstrom, C. T. ; West, J. D.; Wiseman, M. A. (2008).
"The Eigenfactor™ Metrics" .
Journal of Neuroscience . 28 (45): 11433–11434.
doi :
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0003-08.2008 .
PMC
6671297 .
PMID
18987179 .
^
Carl Bergstrom publications indexed by
Google Scholar
^ Simonite, Tom (24 March 2020).
"The Professors Who Call 'Bullshit' on Covid-19 Misinformation" . Wired. Retrieved 5 May 2020 .
^
"Calling Bullshit" . Penguin Random House . Retrieved 5 May 2020 .
^ Bergstrom, C. T.; Lachmann, M. (2006).
"The fitness value of information" . Oikos (Copenhagen, Denmark) . 119 (2): 219–230.
arXiv :
q-bio.PE/0510007 .
doi :
10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x .
PMC
4384894 .
PMID
25843980 .
^ Antia, R.; Regoes, R. R.; Koella, J. C.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2003).
"The role of evolution in the emergence of infectious diseases" . Nature . 426 (6967): 658–661.
Bibcode :
2003Natur.426..658A .
doi :
10.1038/nature02104 .
hdl :
1773/1985 .
PMC
7095141 .
PMID
14668863 .
^ Levin, B. R. (2000).
"Bacteria are different: Observations, interpretations, speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive evolution in prokaryotes" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 97 (13): 6981–6985.
Bibcode :
2000PNAS...97.6981L .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.97.13.6981 .
PMC
34373 .
PMID
10860960 .
^ Bergstrom, C. T. (2004).
"Ecological theory suggests that antimicrobial cycling will not reduce antimicrobial resistance in hospitals" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 101 (36): 13285–13290.
Bibcode :
2004PNAS..10113285B .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.0402298101 .
PMC
516561 .
PMID
15308772 .
^ Lipsitch, M.; Bergstrom, C. T.; Levin, B. R. (2000).
"The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: Paradoxes and prescriptions" (PDF) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 97 (4): 1938–1943.
Bibcode :
2000PNAS...97.1938L .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.97.4.1938 .
PMC
26540 .
PMID
10677558 .
^ Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2008).
"Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 105 (4): 1118–23.
arXiv :
0707.0609 .
Bibcode :
2008PNAS..105.1118R .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.0706851105 .
PMC
2234100 .
PMID
18216267 .
^ Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2007).
"An information-theoretic framework for resolving community structure in complex networks" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 104 (18): 7327–31.
arXiv :
physics/0612035 .
Bibcode :
2007PNAS..104.7327R .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.0611034104 .
PMC
1855072 .
PMID
17452639 .
^ Dugatkin, L. A.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2011). Evolution . New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
ISBN
978-0-393-92592-0 .
^ McWilliams, James (2019-04-17).
" 'Calling bullshit': the college class on how not to be duped by the news" . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ Guarino, Ben.
"Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS" . Washington Post . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ Nijhuis, Michele (2017-06-03).
"How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide" . The New Yorker . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ Bouygues, Helen Lee.
"Why We Need To Think Critically About Data" . Forbes . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ McFarling, Usha Lee.
"This college course teaches you how to call out things that are unscientific" . Business Insider . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ Kolowich, Steve (2017-01-16).
"The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science" . The Chronicle of Higher Education .
ISSN
0009-5982 . Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
^ Bellware, Kim,
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. So is misinformation about it. , The Washington Post, February 10, 2020
^ Bergstrom, C. T. (May 2007).
"Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of scholarly journals" . College & Research Libraries News . 68 (5): 314–316.
doi :
10.5860/crln.68.5.7804 .
^
"SPARC Innovators: Ted Bergstrom and Carl Bergstrom (June 2007)" . SPARC.
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