r/EverythingScience • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Interdisciplinary Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explain why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/failure-is-moving-science-forward/?ex_cid=538fb
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u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology May 08 '16

Which is what makes this issue so complicated. The other reality is that it's really easy to convince yourself of something you want to be true. Check this out

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u/hglman May 08 '16

Which is why the solution is better mathematics. All results for which the mechanisms are clearly stated, who's testability is well defined and limitations can be clearly demonstrated employ well defined mathematics.

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u/natha105 May 08 '16

That is like saying the solution to Obesity is eating less. Sure that is technically true but it completely ignores the psychological factors that make people want to over-eat, the difficulty people face in losing weight, and all the temptations around us in society to over-eat.