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I feel like this is some meta-level test for the reader. Pseudo-profound bullshit statement: "Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior"; can the reader

by folli 8y ago

I feel like this is some meta-level test for the reader. Pseudo-profound bullshit statement: "Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior"; can the reader distinguish this bullshit paper from a profound paper?

ak39 8y ago
Precisely. That would of course be the follow up, meta analysis.
steve1977 8y ago
Sokal hoax 2.0?
FabHK 8y ago
Disagreed. Both key terms are fully operationalised in the paper (ie, a measurement procedure is given), and so the sentence has empirical content (it could be wrong, but isn't).
raverbashing 8y ago
Extreme nihilism seems to be as naive as buying any falsely profound phrase.