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I find my conservative acquaintances want to argue about politics than my liberal ones. Psychology as a field is effectively garbage. Until they fix their repr
by hueving 10y ago
I find my conservative acquaintances want to argue about politics than my liberal ones.
Psychology as a field is effectively garbage. Until they fix their reproducibility problems I wouldnt draw any conclusions from what could very easily be cherry picked data.
- humanrebar 10y agoAgreed. There was a study that was published assigning some traits to conservatives and others to liberals. Then someone found a math error. They had actually flipped which trait was associated with which group. Pretty egregious. At a minimum, it underscores the need for plenty of reproduction, especially in complex fields like psychology and sociology. http://retractionwatch.com/2016/06/07/conservative-political-beliefs-not-linked-to-psychotic-traits/ http://retractionwatch.com/2016/06/07/conservative-political...
- smallnamespace 10y ago> argue about politics Is their motivation to prove that they're right, or to have a discussion and risk being swayed?
- hueving 10y agoSome of both, just like anyone with firmly held beliefs in the liberal camp. Someone extremely anti-religion will frequently engage in religious arguments to prove that they are right, not to risk being turned religious.
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