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This type of psychological research is pseduoscientific -- and results can be produced in any direction one likes. Why didnt the study correlate virtuous-sound
by mjburgess 5y ago
This type of psychological research is pseduoscientific -- and results can be produced in any direction one likes.
Why didnt the study correlate virtuous-sounding personality traits with being a CEO? (Presumably many exist).
And were such a study published, why wouldnt it be printed in the BBC?
When an entire field is basically incapable of meeting the basic tenants of science (repoducible, modelling, universal, explanatory, etc.) -- the most salient question is "why is it that we have /these particular/ untruths?"
- alimw 5y agoWell a study linking career success to, say, intelligence is unlikely to make the news because it wouldn't be at all surprising.
- _jal 5y agoSo in summary, you don't like people's choice of research topics, you don't like the media, and you want to suggest that certain categories of research are PR conspiracies, but won't quite do so. Does that have it about right?
- noslenwerdna 5y agoHave you heard of the reproducibility crisis in psychology? It seems like the above poster is referring to it
- tokai 5y agoTry rereading my comment. You are writing to some phantom in your head.