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Ask HN: How do Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Hartford find scientific studies?

5 pointsby simplegeekover 9 years ago
They always use amazing stories or scientific studies in their writings. I am wondering how do they find scientific studies e.g. what portals do they use? What's the process like e.g. think of a a title and then use those as keywords for search? Any insights are appreciated?

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joelgover 9 years ago
I only have 3rd-degree connections to Gladwell, so this may be completely wrong, but I&#x27;ve heard he knows <i>everyone</i> in the communications field and synthesizes trends and topics from traveling and talking with a lot of researchers. His books aren&#x27;t rigorously data-driven - they kind of coax out an intuition that explains things - so I think he gets ideas from conversations with people more than reading published works directly.<p>As for book titles: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.malcolmgladwellbookgenerator.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.malcolmgladwellbookgenerator.com</a>