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> "After the book tour was over, one of Cuddy’s co-authors, who had been silent on the topic of power poses for years, unexpectedly weighed in. Dana Carney post
by woliveirajr 10y ago
> "After the book tour was over, one of Cuddy’s co-authors, who had been silent on the topic of power poses for years, unexpectedly weighed in. Dana Carney posted a 1,000-word statement on her website saying, in unambiguous language, that she no longer believed in power poses. (...) She tore into her own methodology, calling the sample size "tiny" and noting that the effects are "small and barely there in some cases."
Interesting taking some long, like waiting for a book-selling-tour end up, to then say that you don't believe anymore in what you've studied, and that you have reasons (and not just a felling) to dismiss your research.
- abecedarius 10y agoIf you want people to admit their mistakes instead of stonewalling or slowly walking them back, then your first reaction to someone doing so should probably be praise. Maybe she's a venal person like you're insinuating, but I don't know, and most of us reading this don't know either. As a programmer I know I make mistakes all the time, big and small. We're very lucky to get so much relatively clear feedback.
- woliveirajr 10y agoYes, you're right. I can't say there was malice, nor was my intention. Just a bad timing, perhaps, or even that retreat just occurred because the book got attention.
- wodenokoto 10y agoI think you are being very unfair to the co-author, who wasn't co-author of the book, mind you. The big discussion on this research also happened partly because of the book tour, so I see no reason to suspect malice for the public denouncing happening in the wake of the idea becoming popular among the general public Here's a link to the statement: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/dana_carney/pdf_my%20position%20on%20power%20poses.pdf http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/dana_carney/pdf_my%20positi...