Psychology Research Is Mostly Fine - by Scott Alexander

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People act like the replication crisis has discredited psychology, that the field is now widely agreed to be a sham, that it can be uncontroversially held up as an example of science gone wrong. These statements are often made in the broadest possible terms: 🌷🐰 sonya serendipitously 🐇🎀@sonyasupposedly "My intro to psychology classes was one of the most valuable classes I ever took" oh no, who's gonna tell him 6:32 PM · Jul 1, 2026 · 3.91K Views 6 Replies · 76 Likes Science Banana@literalbanana we very much do say that - every field infected with psychology needs to be quarantined…

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