Posted on 08/27/2015 11:41:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
What’s the rule, that under the most tightly controlled conditions the subject does what it jolly well wishes?
What about Global Warming theory?
So does human caused global warming, so does string theory. Much junk science out there these days.
It’s all subjective.
In fact, arguments exist as to whether or not psychology is even a science at all.
If only 39% of studies were reproducible, that essentially means that ALL psychological studies should be mistrusted.
Psychology is all in your mind.
If you can't replicate results I say if definitely is not. How many psychological "studies" are based on survey data? That's about as reliable as a Magic 8 Ball.
Psychologist are like Emily Litella, “Never mind”.
Well into the realm of ‘soft sciences’, as in marshmallow soft, air-puff soft.
Would love to dig a statistic - are most psychologists liberal Democrats? Remember that is how Charles Krauthammer started in the Carter campaign!
If you can’t replicate results I say if definitely is not. How many psychological “studies” are based on survey data? That’s about as reliable as a Magic 8 Ball.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/13/the-truth-wears-off
... The problem of selective reporting is rooted in a fundamental cognitive flaw, which is that we like proving ourselves right and hate being wrong. It feels good to validate a hypothesis, Ioannidis said. It feels even better when youve got a financial interest in the idea or your career depends upon it. And thats why, even after a claim has been systematically disprovenhe cites, for instance, the early work on hormone replacement therapy, or claims involving various vitaminsyou still see some stubborn researchers citing the first few studies that show a strong effect. They really want to believe that its true.
A survey of social science professionals found that 1 in 100 to 1 in 300 was a conservative, versus 40% of the average population.
They often start studies with a radical bias and cherry pick data to fit the agenda, readily suppress studies that contradict their version of reality, regularly promote interpretations that don’t reflect the minor trends or correlations of the study and ignore the left wing bias of results generated by samples of their own studies.
And then there is their overwhelming view of conservatives as either immoral, stupid or evil - and the studies that have that as a built in assumption.
Just think what that does to megastudies!
In school, I got know a large number of pysch students (my roommate was trying to become a psychologist).
All of them had several personal issues that they were hoping to resolve. I don’t me just plain odd, I mean bat crap crazy issues.
In that school, at that time, all of my roommates classmates that he brought home went into pysch to fix themselves.
As an engineer, that troubles me.
“Neutrinos pass through anything, no matter how dense.”
Psychology - pseudo science.
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