> Well, except that maybe she wouldn't have gotten a Ted talk without it? A recent BBC event aimed at solving problems faced by women in tech flew Amy Cuddy in

> Well, except that maybe she wouldn't have gotten a Ted talk without it? A recent BBC event aimed at solving problems faced by women in tech flew Amy Cuddy in to give design and professional advice to the participants. The BBC story repeatedly celebrated Cuddy for giving the "second most watched TED talk ever". It also talked up the "Wonder Woman power pose" as a way to change your life. Notably not present at the event were Cuddy's co-authors Carney and Yap, who have been vastly more receptive to the replication question, and less quick to promote uncertain results in non-academic channels. Scientific falsehoods are almost always more impressive than the truth - they aren't constrained to realistic effects. At a certain point it starts to look like we're actively rewarding people for doing bad research and then rewarding them further for refusing to correct course. http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-41476954 http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-41476954