Re:Harvard ethics prof fabricated multiple behavioral scienc...
by IKantRead on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:24AM
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The problem is funding.
The best psychology work tends to be much closer to philosophy than science. But philosophy generally doesn't get much funding.
Anyone interested in psychology will ultimately be forced to optimize for funding, which inevitably leads to fraudulent work since psychology based on scientific principles simply isn't possible yet as we don't know nearly enough about the function of the mind to explore the areas psychology is interested in.
The best psychology work tends to be much closer to philosophy than science. But philosophy generally doesn't get much funding.
Anyone interested in psychology will ultimately be forced to optimize for funding, which inevitably leads to fraudulent work since psychology based on scientific principles simply isn't possible yet as we don't know nearly enough about the function of the mind to explore the areas psychology is interested in.