If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how bad it was in 1999

Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by fallingknife on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @04:04PM (#27532854)

> what tools do you use to scientifically analyze the scientific process?

Engineering. If you can build something that works based on the rules theorized by scientists, they are on to something. e.g. building a skyscraper proves we know the properties of steel to a pretty good margin of error.

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by BurningFrog on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @06:05PM (#27533983)

For many sciences, like psychology, that's not normally an option.

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by sprafa on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:28AM (#27537752)

Psychology is basically applied neuroscience. They are both in their infancy and we are using the best information we can, but I wouldn't call the body of work comparable to other sciences.

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by thu2111 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @07:23AM (#27538416)

Which raises the question why we study this subject at all, if it's not actually applicable to anything beyond making viral TED talks.

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