Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to...
by kashyapc on Saturday May 22, 2021 @01:04PM
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I'm conscious that this is a flame-bait topic. That said, no, dismissing the whole field as "questionable" is callous. Yes, there are many open questions, loaded landmines, and ethical concerns in evolutionary psychology research. But there's also copious evidence in its favour. (Reference: David Buss et al.)
Many people might spare themselves at least some misery by educating themselves about evolutionary psychology, including the landmines and open questions.
Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to...
by candiodari on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:21AM
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psych is questionable for basic reasons. It is a humanities science. It's purpose is not to figure out the world but to change it. Figure out how to end poverty for example.
Therefore it is not well suited to figure out the world.
You should treat all of it with extreme helpings of salt.
Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to...
by hexane360 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:41PM
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Can't this be applied to wide swaths of hard sciences as well? Lots of scientific work overlaps heavily with engineering, which is all about changing the world.
Also, I don't think ending poverty is a major stated goal of psychology research. . .
It’s probably not all bullshit but I would bet a double digit percentage of it is.