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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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