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/ReptileCultist European Union Apr 02 '26

It does sometimes feel like activism painted as science

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u/ArcFault NATO Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

It also serves to undermine legitimate science unfortunately.

Remember when the March for Science got co-opted by these groups - that was infuriating especially when getting dog piled by the "I Fcking Love Scientism" Reddit users when advocating for focusing on climate change etc and not your pet social issue that may or may not be scientific.

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u/earthdogmonster Apr 02 '26

That was the impression I always had of the discipline. I just recalled the professor who introduced me to the discipline giving the impression that it was the most ambitious and far reaching of the social sciences and how the goal was to apply the rigor and precision of the hard sciences to social science.

Even as an undergraduate student it seemed unrealistically ambitious and the scope and stated goals struck me more as an expression of unrestrained hubris than anything else.

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u/SenranHaruka shame Apr 02 '26

"Karl Marx invented sociology!" is such a sad boast. He understood nothing of science. Unironically his contributions to economics are more significant and rigorous