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(Big Think)   Study finds psychology studies that go viral are likelier to be bogus. Dr Phil unavailable for comment   (bigthink.com) divider line
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Concrete Donkey
2023-02-06 7:09:21 AM  
Oh sorry subby. You lose 5 trillion points for pushing rethantardos bullshiat, and another 5 trillion becsuse the honest headline is as follows:

Study finds psychology to be bogus
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2023-02-06 7:35:07 AM  

Concrete Donkey: Oh sorry subby. You lose 5 trillion points for pushing rethantardos bullshiat, and another 5 trillion becsuse the honest headline is as follows:

Study finds psychology to be bogus


That's just what they want you to think
 
COVID19
2023-02-06 7:45:25 AM  
i came from a lab
// or not.. i have no idea... but unlike your gf, i definitely came
 
aerojockey [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 8:26:02 AM  
I wouldn't the improved replication scores are entirely due to all the retractions from that one jackass who was fudging p-values to get dubious research published.
 
Chief Superintendent Lookout
2023-02-06 8:27:47 AM  
"Likelier"?  Subby, do you even grammar?

"More likely"
 
FLMountainMan
2023-02-06 8:36:29 AM  
Checks out.  Except for the ones that say people who are of a different race or disagree with me on the role of government are stupid or evil.  Those are totally legit.
 
jso2897
2023-02-06 8:46:36 AM  

Chief Superintendent Lookout: "Likelier"?  Subby, do you even grammar?

"More likely"


You're mistaken, I believe:

like·ly/ˈlīklē/Learn to pronounce adjectivecomparative adjective: likelierIt's completely correct.
 
backhand.slap.of.reason
2023-02-06 9:23:20 AM  
Do studies really 'go viral', or are they amplified by shadowy interests seeking to profit from amplification?  Seems like the latter is far more likely.
 
Metaluna Mutant
2023-02-06 9:28:03 AM  
Excuse me, but it's "Doctor" Phil.
 
entangl3d
2023-02-06 9:40:38 AM  

Metaluna Mutant: Excuse me, but it's "Doctor" Phil.


Just because he's a hack who lost his license, doesn't take away his PHD. He was never a M.D.
 
Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 9:51:22 AM  
Ctrl+F "Jordan Peterson"
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Huh. his claim to pre-internet fame was his psychology videos. He had some actually interesting, observant classroom discussions until he went publicly against the Canadian "pronoun" law and the right-wing showered him with attention and the left-wing showered him with derision. He's the prototype (archetype?) for viral pop psychology.
 
DeathByGeekSquad
2023-02-06 11:39:23 AM  
Qualified reports aren't sexy enough to go viral.  The reframed clickbait articles they generate are, as well as the whacky stance items.  So you get people who become 'psychology influencers' peddling content they know will generate growth and traffic.

It's like psychedelic research that declares PTSD comes with a life-long adherence to a medication regime.  Bogus, no matter how many people they convince.
 
gbv23
2023-02-06 12:13:29 PM  
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chitownmike
2023-02-06 12:17:13 PM  

Concrete Donkey: Oh sorry subby. You lose 5 trillion points for pushing rethantardos bullshiat, and another 5 trillion becsuse the honest headline is as follows:

Study finds psychology to be bogus


No points off for using "liklier"?
 
chitownmike
2023-02-06 12:21:30 PM  

backhand.slap.of.reason: Do studies really 'go viral', or are they amplified by shadowy interests seeking to profit from amplification?  Seems like the latter is far more likely.


THAT'S HOW ALL MSM "NEWS" WORK! WAKE UP STEEPLE!!!
 
FLMountainMan
2023-02-06 12:32:31 PM  

DeathByGeekSquad: Qualified reports aren't sexy enough to go viral.  The reframed clickbait articles they generate are, as well as the whacky stance items.  So you get people who become 'psychology influencers' peddling content they know will generate growth and traffic.

It's like psychedelic research that declares PTSD comes with a life-long adherence to a medication regime.  Bogus, no matter how many people they convince.


What I love are the peer-reviewed studies documenting what a joke the peer review process is.  I get it, from a journalist's perspective it must be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.  But some of the headlines you see here on Fark are so clearly bullshiat...
 
PvtStash
2023-02-06 1:06:19 PM  
yeah the learning is already out on this one.

We have it on good authority

"don't believe the hype."

that's it, period the end it is that simple.

Is that hype?
Why are you believing it then?
 
ScottD61080
2023-02-06 2:46:13 PM  
I never thought I would see "Dr. Phil" and "unavailable for comment" in the same sentence.
 
StatelyGreekAutomaton
2023-02-06 3:10:32 PM  
That makes sense. More outrageous claims generate more outrage.
 
GoodHomer
2023-02-06 7:23:44 PM  
I blame John Tesh for the proliferation of bullshiat psych studies

/I blame everything on John Tesh
 
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