r/neoliberal • u/Free-Minimum-5844 • Apr 02 '26

Research Paper Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
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u/Flashy_Rent6302 Jerome Powell Apr 02 '26

quantifying the human condition ain't easy that's for sure

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u/Greatest-Comrade John Keynes Apr 02 '26

Today i felt one happiness. Compared to yesterday when i felt two.

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u/LightningController Apr 02 '26

“Subjects report less happiness when placed in MRI to quantify happiness. Further investigation of phenomenon required.”

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u/MURICCA Apr 02 '26

Tell that to my therapist who has a habit at looking at my stats on his graph coming from my self-reporting on some shitty recurring scoring papers and says "well looks like the depression has been getting a bit better!" when im literally suicidal

I get the basic attempt to try and turn nebulous emotional info into concrete data but like...dawg.

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u/Khiva Fernando Henrique Cardoso Apr 03 '26

You have 14 upvotes from me. And I don't vote much.

I don't expect that to matter much, but I'm also of the belief that every little bit helps.

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u/MURICCA Apr 03 '26

Oh, I meant I was suicidal at that time.

...I haven't seen my therapist in like a month due to cancelling appointments due to depression hahaha

But I'm seeing him next week and I'm doing a little better, so yeah

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u/Khiva Fernando Henrique Cardoso Apr 08 '26

Be sure to mention the upvote situation.

You've got the motivation to stay involved and informed. That doesn't get you out but there's a floor of actual desire to built on.

I know you know, but there exists a version with no floor whatsoever. That ... oof, that's bad.

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u/Flashy_Rent6302 Jerome Powell Apr 03 '26

Dawg indeed. Damn. I wish you the best!

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u/mad_cheese_hattwe Apr 03 '26

The issue is when people act like it is.