tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2512167108017609206..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Replicability in PsychologyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44291176584642628182016-09-25T21:36:10.179-04:002016-09-25T21:36:10.179-04:00It has occasionally been documented that the diver...It has occasionally been documented that the divergence in Pub and Demo trust in "science" began around the same time that the incidence of fraud in published research increased.<br /><br />I for one do not consider Social Psychology to be science. <br /><br />It must be disheartening for Dr. Fiske to realize that a substantial proportion of the educated portion of the populace consider he field to be full of mumbo-jumbo. For some funny reason, low replicability of results just might have something to do with that opinion.RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80086482515395515552016-09-25T18:27:14.535-04:002016-09-25T18:27:14.535-04:00That's true.
On the other hand, I wonder whet...That's true.<br /><br />On the other hand, I wonder whether we can take her characterization of these letters as accurate, particularly since she doesn't seem to provide examples. One prof's "nasty letters" may be another prof's "he pointed out substantive problems with my research, bluntly and without decorum".jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20658618820055402632016-09-25T17:30:20.959-04:002016-09-25T17:30:20.959-04:00I suppose I will have to worry along somehow witho...I suppose I will have to worry along somehow without Fiske's approval. I don't go in for nasty letters to tenure committees, though--that seems hard to justify.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68084092386350484482016-09-25T16:13:53.032-04:002016-09-25T16:13:53.032-04:00(And I am being far too snarky, especially for Sun...(And I am being far too snarky, especially for Sunday. ;-)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12545090725096545862016-09-25T16:13:13.432-04:002016-09-25T16:13:13.432-04:00Hmm. The doctrine of stare decisis as applied to p...Hmm. The doctrine of <i>stare decisis</i> as applied to peer-reviewed publications? How is that in the least bit scientific?<br /><br />(Looking up Fiske's CV, I note without much surprise that her appointment is joint psychology and "public affairs", and her research interests are heavy on "discrimination" and social psych. Her degrees are in Social Psychology and Social Relations.<br /><br />I suppose it shouldn't be startling that someone with such a background has confused the practice of science with the assembly of canon. The mystery, then, is why someone who isn't a scientist is claiming to be a "member of the scientific community", let alone claiming the authority to set norms for science. [Let alone trying to set norms that are frankly anti-scientific. No one should presume to criticize anointed conclusions unless "curated" by... the likes of Susan Fiske. Goodness.] Sprinkling some not-too-competent statistical sparklies on a field makes it a science now?)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-52594023797180575962016-09-25T13:20:25.953-04:002016-09-25T13:20:25.953-04:00Sidebar, Graph Paper Diaries. Signs in as bsking ...Sidebar, Graph Paper Diaries. Signs in as bsking here.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2723477552487138112016-09-25T13:16:16.570-04:002016-09-25T13:16:16.570-04:00Who's Bethany?
It seems to me that (Miss? D...Who's Bethany? <br />It seems to me that (Miss? Doctor?) Fiske has been well, truly, and thoroughly FISKed.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com