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Social sciences have a reproducibility problem and is littered with fraudulent data. Of course most of it isn’t really science but they (social scientists, poli
by nemo44x 4y ago
Social sciences have a reproducibility problem and is littered with fraudulent data. Of course most of it isn’t really science but they (social scientists, politicians, activists) that rely on it to justify applications of power insist it is. Because otherwise it’s just anecdotal, which it mainly is.
“Sokal Squared” is a great example of the problems in the field.
- themitigating 4y agoDo you have evidence showing this?
- nemo44x 4y agoI literally gave you a place to look in the post, Sokal Squared so here's a link to help you along. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair Regarding the reproducibility crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis