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Category Archives: Science
Scientific Racism
James Thompson writes: “Scientific Racism” is an oxymoron. The truth cannot be racist, and lies cannot be science. If you say something truthful about a racial difference then that is true, not a lie, and not racism. If you say … Continue reading
Andrew Gelman: Beyond “power pose”: Using replication failures and a better understanding of data collection and analysis to do better science
Andrew Gelman writes: A bunch of people pointed me to a New York Times article by Susan Dominus about Amy Cuddy, the psychology researcher and Ted-talk star famous for the following claim (made in a paper written with Dana Carney … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: ‘How Andrew Gelman Hurt the Feelings of the Power Posing Lady’
Steve Sailer writes: I’ve written a lot over the years about the Replication Crisis in the social sciences as academics attempt to emulate Malcolm Gladwell’s success on the corporate conference circuit. The New York Times Magazine offers a long sympathetic … Continue reading
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Slate: The Power of the “Power Pose” – Amy Cuddy’s famous finding is the latest example of scientific overreach
Andrew Gelman and Kaiser Fung write: Consider the case of Amy Cuddy. The Harvard Business School social psychologist is famous for a TED talk, which is among the most popular of all time, and now a book promoting the idea … Continue reading
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NYT: When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
New York Times: Cuddy felt ill when Simmons and Simonsohn published the post with the headline: “Reassessing the Evidence Behind the Most Popular TED Talk.” As illustration, they used a picture of Wonder Woman. Cuddy felt as if Simmons had … Continue reading
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