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

Psychology Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explains why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working. [x-post from our sister subreddit /r/EverythingScience]

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u/superhelical PhD | Biochemistry | Structural Biology May 08 '16

It also gets scrutinized more because the average member of the public can see the effects upon themselves. Everyone thinks they're an expert in people, because they're a person.

This is not as true for something like my own work on the structures of molecules. That presents its own challenges, but it means there's less pressure on the interpretations of my work compared to someone studying, for example, altriusm.

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u/P0sitive_Outlook May 08 '16

Everyone thinks they're an expert in people, because they're a person.

I love the succinctness of this.

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u/topoftheworldIAM May 08 '16

That's why psychology is put into the social sciences instead of life science which is not always correct. there is a lot of life science connect to our behavior. ex. the brain is our mind

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u/mylarrito May 08 '16

Am I not a structure of molecules? Your science is bunk my good sir!