I would add to the list: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/02/the_decline_effect_is_stupid.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/02/the_decline_effect_is..

I would add to the list: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/02/the_decline_effect_is_stupid.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/02/the_decline_effect_is... The main point: Psychology is not "science" in the same way F=ma is science. It's a model. The secondary point: When the article then goes on to describe the breakdown of this sweeping generalization in studies after 1994 (on other species), it attributes that to the Decline Effect. It's not. When you look at the studies together, what you should have inferred is "symmetry is an associated factor in mate selection by females in only some species and not others and more research is need to explain why." Instead, the article attributes its inability to summarize the variety and complexity of nature in a 140 character Twitter message to an underlying failure in the 500-year-old guiding principle of science."