>I am a little surprised how much anti-Psychology sentiment there is on HN. When you consider the extent it is trusted to produce truth and the extent that suc

>I am a little surprised how much anti-Psychology sentiment there is on HN. When you consider the extent it is trusted to produce truth and the extent that such 'truth' influences public policy and law, I think encouraging distrust of psychology is a social good. There is a difference between talking the details with the experts who recognize the limits of existing studies and talking about 'Psychology says we should do X' with the general population who aren't aware of the concept of reproducibility. It is much like discussing the possible uses of crypto. If another friend in tech is talking about some possible benefit of crypto, I take a completely different approach than if my gram calls me up asking if I heard about new crypto tech X that will double her retirement.