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Another instance of suspicious behavior from Ariely: he has an experiment which shows that most people cheat a little, and very few cheat a lot. The experimenta

by ad8e 5y ago

Another instance of suspicious behavior from Ariely: he has an experiment which shows that most people cheat a little, and very few cheat a lot. The experimental method involves prying off the teeth of shredders with a screwdriver. However, others could not replicate this method. http://fraudbytes.blogspot.com/2021/08/top-honesty-researcher-dan-ariely-has.html http://fraudbytes.blogspot.com/2021/08/top-honesty-researche... Someone has claimed that getting a shredder from Home Depot is suspicious [1], but I found it perfectly innocuous. Googling for "home depot shredder" brings up several options. [1] Aaron Charlton's response at https://twitter.com/sTeamTraen/status/1428275153155264520 https://twitter.com/sTeamTraen/status/1428275153155264520

ryelee 5y ago
Adding on to this: Ariely at one point in time bandied around this unfounded claim about how roughly half (!) of dentists willfully misinterpret medical images in order to fill cavities that don't exist, quoting Delta Dental. But: > “But according to Dr. Ariely, he was basing his statement on a conversation he said he had with someone at Delta Dental,” said Pyle. “But he cannot cite Delta Dental in making that claim because we don’t collect any data like that which would come to such a conclusion.” > So what happened? > Ariely said he got that 50 percent figure from a Delta source who told him about “some internal analysis they have done and they told me the results. But they didn’t give me the raw data. It’s just something they told me.” > Ariely did not provide the name of the Delta medical officer, whom Ariely said was not interested in talking with me." [1] https://www.wbur.org/npr/131079116/should-you-be-suspicious-of-your-dentist-or-nprs-source https://www.wbur.org/npr/131079116/should-you-be-suspicious-....

by ad8e 5y ago

ryelee 5y ago

Adding on to this: Ariely at one point in time bandied around this unfounded claim about how roughly half (!) of dentists willfully misinterpret medical images in order to fill cavities that don't exist, quoting Delta Dental. But: > “But according to Dr. Ariely, he was basing his statement on a conversation he said he had with someone at Delta Dental,” said Pyle. “But he cannot cite Delta Dental in making that claim because we don’t collect any data like that which would come to such a conclusion.” > So what happened? > Ariely said he got that 50 percent figure from a Delta source who told him about “some internal analysis they have done and they told me the results. But they didn’t give me the raw data. It’s just something they told me.” > Ariely did not provide the name of the Delta medical officer, whom Ariely said was not interested in talking with me." [1] https://www.wbur.org/npr/131079116/should-you-be-suspicious-of-your-dentist-or-nprs-source https://www.wbur.org/npr/131079116/should-you-be-suspicious-....