ted (not lasso)
@ted
the most sensationalized social psychology studies that are used to tell us humans are innately bad are seriously flawed, but all made for great headlines. – stanford prison (you should know this one): guards were instructed and encouraged to be cruel, didn’t do it naturally – milgram shock (often used to explain the holocaust): participants were pressured into doing it despite resistance, most believed it wasn’t “real” – marshmallow test (delayed gratification with kids): more so a measure of socioeconomic status, not predictor of success – robbers cave (kinda like diet lord of the flies): the conflict between the boys was manufactured and instigated by the researchers good stories ≠ good science
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Angel
@sayangel
and when papers get retracted etc. the headline impact is irreversible. I constantly encourage @codon to start a podcast dissecting headlines for the average reader! Or animations. Or something that people like to consume. Spoiler: the masses don't bother reading papers.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
yesss!! @codon do it! i’ll help and maybe @gmo too. i’m astounded by the lack of mainstream-forward science content out there. there is so much AI content made for the masses but very little science imo.
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codon
@codon
My struggle is that people don't tend to love nuance and science is..... Nuanced
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