Interesting. I was surprised at how predictable the studies were. It felt like results that aligned with my intuition were likely to be replicated, and results that didn’t (e.g., priming affecting a pretty unrelated task) were unlikely to be replicated. Makes me wonder—what’s the value of this science if a layperson like me can score 18⁄18 (with 3 I don’t knows) by gut feel after reading only a paragraph or two? Hmm.
(Then again, I guess my attitude of finding predictable results low-value is what has incentivized so much bad science in the hunt for counterintuitive results with their higher rewards.)
Interesting. I was surprised at how predictable the studies were. It felt like results that aligned with my intuition were likely to be replicated, and results that didn’t (e.g., priming affecting a pretty unrelated task) were unlikely to be replicated. Makes me wonder—what’s the value of this science if a layperson like me can score 18⁄18 (with 3 I don’t knows) by gut feel after reading only a paragraph or two? Hmm.
(Then again, I guess my attitude of finding predictable results low-value is what has incentivized so much bad science in the hunt for counterintuitive results with their higher rewards.)