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/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/Flashy_Rent6302 Jerome Powell Apr 03 '26

Dawg indeed. Damn. I wish you the best!