Oct 5, 2023 05:15 AM
Is psychology good for anything?
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/is-psych...-anything/
KEY POINTS: Psychology has been under fire for over a decade for problems with reproducibility. Recent high-profile cases of alleged fraud against researchers at Duke and Harvard have brought the field’s troubles back into the spotlight. One researcher suggested that if discarding a substantial number of psychology studies has a negligible effect on our understanding of human nature, then perhaps psychology is irrelevant. However, the field of psychology has made many reliable, important contributions to our understanding of the mind and behavior. Some of these contributions are so well-established and widespread that we fail to appreciate their impact. (MORE - details)
The public is OK, it's us scientists who are the problem
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-14767-...l#pid60074
INTRO: The new AEI survey reinforces evidence showing that even as trust and confidence in science among the American public overall remains relatively high in a time of broad public distrust of institutions, science too has experienced a decline in public trust... (MORE - details)
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/is-psych...-anything/
KEY POINTS: Psychology has been under fire for over a decade for problems with reproducibility. Recent high-profile cases of alleged fraud against researchers at Duke and Harvard have brought the field’s troubles back into the spotlight. One researcher suggested that if discarding a substantial number of psychology studies has a negligible effect on our understanding of human nature, then perhaps psychology is irrelevant. However, the field of psychology has made many reliable, important contributions to our understanding of the mind and behavior. Some of these contributions are so well-established and widespread that we fail to appreciate their impact. (MORE - details)
The public is OK, it's us scientists who are the problem
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-14767-...l#pid60074
INTRO: The new AEI survey reinforces evidence showing that even as trust and confidence in science among the American public overall remains relatively high in a time of broad public distrust of institutions, science too has experienced a decline in public trust... (MORE - details)