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Category Archives: Science
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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Torah & Science
Marc B. Shapiro, history professor, writes: In the archive of R. Isaac Herzog there are a number of letters from R. Herzog relevant to the issue of science and Torah.[18] He was writing to scientists and historians asking them how … Continue reading
Scientific Knowledge By Demographics
Dr. James Thompson writes: “The overall difference amounts to 15% less science knowledge for women, and because of some of the weak items chosen that may be an under-estimate.”
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