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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate by llamaimperative on Friday August 02, 2024 @03:31PM (#41141849)
That's not how science works. If you doubt the result, do your own experiment and publish it. The reputations will take care of themselves.

Obviously signing off on known-fake data is straight up lying, which must remain in a different category than simply doing a study that doesn't replicate.

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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate by pawelmurias on Saturday August 03, 2024 @09:22AM (#41146477)
A lot of psychology is vaguely science flavoured. You have them making a bunch of surveys and the making super broad claims based on this.
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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate by llamaimperative on Saturday August 03, 2024 @10:58AM (#41146928)
I think you’ll find that if you actually read the papers themselves, they don’t make nearly as broad of claims as they’re purported to be in media or the public consciousness.
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