“It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public.”
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
“It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public.”
ScienceDirect should be ashamed. 💀
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ScienceDirect should be ashamed. 💀
"Goodbye wasted reading time. Hello relevance." is one way Elsevier is marketing ScienceDirect AI.
I dunno about anyone else, but I find the idea that the time spent reading scholarly literature is a waste depressing, dismissive, and infuriating.
#medlibs
www.elsevier.com/products/sci...
I dunno about anyone else, but I find the idea that the time spent reading scholarly literature is a waste depressing, dismissive, and infuriating.
#medlibs
www.elsevier.com/products/sci...
ScienceDirect AI
ScienceDirect AI is enabling researchers to instantly surface, cite, compare & explore trusted evidence deep within peer-reviewed literature.
www.elsevier.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Goodbye wasted reading time. Hello relevance." is one way Elsevier is marketing ScienceDirect AI.
I dunno about anyone else, but I find the idea that the time spent reading scholarly literature is a waste depressing, dismissive, and infuriating.
#medlibs
www.elsevier.com/products/sci...
I dunno about anyone else, but I find the idea that the time spent reading scholarly literature is a waste depressing, dismissive, and infuriating.
#medlibs
www.elsevier.com/products/sci...
(If you’re interested in isotope analysis - which is fascinating and yields incredible results - this is good: www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medic... Note: “unlike bone, teeth do not remodel during life”) and wait - there’s more…
Isotope Analysis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
www.sciencedirect.com
May 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
(If you’re interested in isotope analysis - which is fascinating and yields incredible results - this is good: www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medic... Note: “unlike bone, teeth do not remodel during life”) and wait - there’s more…
In which a cognitive scientist discovers that the definition for ‘domain-general cognitive ability’ on *ScienceDirect* is AI-generated slop, and completely wrong
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In which a cognitive scientist discovers that the definition for ‘domain-general cognitive ability’ on *ScienceDirect* is AI-generated slop, and completely wrong
Me: Opens up new journal article about how AI extracts racial data from digital pathology slides and then is biased and racist
Popup on the page of scientific journal that published this study: "Ask ScienceDirect AI: What is your research question? Research faster with ScienceDirect AI!"
Popup on the page of scientific journal that published this study: "Ask ScienceDirect AI: What is your research question? Research faster with ScienceDirect AI!"
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Me: Opens up new journal article about how AI extracts racial data from digital pathology slides and then is biased and racist
Popup on the page of scientific journal that published this study: "Ask ScienceDirect AI: What is your research question? Research faster with ScienceDirect AI!"
Popup on the page of scientific journal that published this study: "Ask ScienceDirect AI: What is your research question? Research faster with ScienceDirect AI!"
I have sent ScienceDirect the following questions and asked them to take down their harmful AI feature. Let’s see what they answer.
August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have sent ScienceDirect the following questions and asked them to take down their harmful AI feature. Let’s see what they answer.
"It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public."
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public."
sciencedirect making ai summaries as if the abstract isn’t right there
March 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
sciencedirect making ai summaries as if the abstract isn’t right there
This pops up EVERY TIME I click on an Elsevier paper and the only thing stopping me from tossing my laptop into the Grand Canyon about this is the knowledge that the Grand Canyon doesn't want my laptop either
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This pops up EVERY TIME I click on an Elsevier paper and the only thing stopping me from tossing my laptop into the Grand Canyon about this is the knowledge that the Grand Canyon doesn't want my laptop either
I now wrote about this, including the communication with ScienceDirect, on my blog bsky.app/profile/iris...
Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I now wrote about this, including the communication with ScienceDirect, on my blog bsky.app/profile/iris...
The brain represents occluded objects: www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu/science/arti...
Shibboleth Authentication Request
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March 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The brain represents occluded objects: www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu/science/arti...
I’m putting this here so I can read it & refer to it often. Feel free to bookmark it so you can too.
Starting in 2027 l personally will be putting the least amount of money I can into this economy. I’m giving myself 2.5 years to prepare economically.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/socia...
Starting in 2027 l personally will be putting the least amount of money I can into this economy. I’m giving myself 2.5 years to prepare economically.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/socia...
Economic Boycott - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsScienceDirect
www.sciencedirect.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I’m putting this here so I can read it & refer to it often. Feel free to bookmark it so you can too.
Starting in 2027 l personally will be putting the least amount of money I can into this economy. I’m giving myself 2.5 years to prepare economically.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/socia...
Starting in 2027 l personally will be putting the least amount of money I can into this economy. I’m giving myself 2.5 years to prepare economically.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/socia...
Arrrgh. I am on ScienceDirect. I just want to read a paper.
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September 24, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Arrrgh. I am on ScienceDirect. I just want to read a paper.
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So Elsevier / ScienceDirect is now actively and intentionally including machine-generated pseudoscience on its pages next to the work of academics
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August 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So Elsevier / ScienceDirect is now actively and intentionally including machine-generated pseudoscience on its pages next to the work of academics
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why does every academic journal site want to verify I’m a human, trust me the bots are in your DMs not on sciencedirect
April 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
why does every academic journal site want to verify I’m a human, trust me the bots are in your DMs not on sciencedirect
By Lisa Oshima:
A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild."
X link: x.com/lisawhelan/s...
A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild."
X link: x.com/lisawhelan/s...
January 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
By Lisa Oshima:
A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild."
X link: x.com/lisawhelan/s...
A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild."
X link: x.com/lisawhelan/s...
Nice to see a Seattle Times columnist sticking up for the buildout of our regional transit network, I guess, but "ScienceDirect" is not a source to cite in a daily newspaper, my god. This is not far from saying "according to Google."
May 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Nice to see a Seattle Times columnist sticking up for the buildout of our regional transit network, I guess, but "ScienceDirect" is not a source to cite in a daily newspaper, my god. This is not far from saying "according to Google."
“Gold standard science” begins by believing in germ theory. 🦠
RFK Jr does not believe in germ theory, but in the discredited miasma theory of the past.
#rfkjrhearing
RFK Jr does not believe in germ theory, but in the discredited miasma theory of the past.
#rfkjrhearing
Miasma Theory - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsScienceDirect
www.sciencedirect.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Gold standard science” begins by believing in germ theory. 🦠
RFK Jr does not believe in germ theory, but in the discredited miasma theory of the past.
#rfkjrhearing
RFK Jr does not believe in germ theory, but in the discredited miasma theory of the past.
#rfkjrhearing
STUDY: “The findings suggest that E-Bikes not only serve as a crucial alternative to cars but also complement limited transit services.” Via @sciencedirect #EBikes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 28, 2024 at 3:28 AM
STUDY: “The findings suggest that E-Bikes not only serve as a crucial alternative to cars but also complement limited transit services.” Via @sciencedirect #EBikes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Academic and high school librarians, are there any good general science databases that don't cost an arm and a leg? We have ScienceDirect and Science Magazine already, and I'd like to add at least one more. We are a college prep school, so higher ed databases are great.
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries
September 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Academic and high school librarians, are there any good general science databases that don't cost an arm and a leg? We have ScienceDirect and Science Magazine already, and I'd like to add at least one more. We are a college prep school, so higher ed databases are great.
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries
A new study is revealing that sharks in the Bahamas have tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and other substances.
Cocaine and caffeine detected in shark in the Bahamas, study shows
According to ScienceDirect, substances like cocaine and painkillers, also known as contaminants of emerging concern, are being recognized in marine environments, especially in tourism-driven areas.
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April 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A new study is revealing that sharks in the Bahamas have tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and other substances.
“A robust vocabulary is essential for effective communication and academic success across various disciplines.”
(ScienceDirect)
MUSK (noun) — a noxious substance emitted from the anal glands of a weasel.
:-)}
(ScienceDirect)
MUSK (noun) — a noxious substance emitted from the anal glands of a weasel.
:-)}
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
“A robust vocabulary is essential for effective communication and academic success across various disciplines.”
(ScienceDirect)
MUSK (noun) — a noxious substance emitted from the anal glands of a weasel.
:-)}
(ScienceDirect)
MUSK (noun) — a noxious substance emitted from the anal glands of a weasel.
:-)}