News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:06AM (#26564337)
I have this idea of a MOOP - Maasively Open Online Psychology.

Basically it's - we have these constantly on monitoring devices, phones, watches, alexa, video - we can collect constant human behavioural data - and given the right regulatory framework (ie this is medical data treat it like that) we should see enormous commonalities (correlations) between millions of people.

Psychology should then become a field of epidemiology- as opposed to limited behavioural studies in lab conditions.

Maybe psychology just has not had enough in the field data?

Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @04:13AM (#26564671)
I’m a fan of Psychohistory, myself. Has a strong Foundation in science, and is Seldon found to be incorrect...

I’ll just get my coat...

Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @05:52AM (#26565253)
I feel that Asimov's Zeroth Law was always go for the pun. Several short stories I remember were basically just leading up to a bad pun.

Coat not required :-)

Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by Stratoscope on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:41AM (#26567823)
Now you're just telling me a Shah Guido G. story.