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I'd say a large part of the bias here is because the media over-hypes the results, which isn't necessarily the fault of the field. All fields are driven to hype

I'd say a large part of the bias here is because the media over-hypes the results, which isn't necessarily the fault of the field. All fields are driven to hype results to get more research dollars. There does seem to be a bit more backlash when Psychology is over-hyped then when others do it. But we do need to study humans, and they are hard to quantify. It is very misleading to compare measuring electrons to measuring 'how do I feel'. It is difficult to measure. That doesn't mean not to. It seems like here the sentiment is strongly to go ahead and toss the baby out with the bath water.

plewd 3y ago
But the media often picks up on over-hyped results from research studies that are either extremely biased or p-hacked. Also reminds me of that one psychology study where they made a total coincidence into a correlation which the media went crazy over (https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2015/05/29/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-loss-heres-how/ https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2015/05/29/i-fooled-m...).