tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post8610288805382913415..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: More Trouble Replicating Famous Psychology ExperimentsWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-66744026740959099952016-08-30T05:35:25.077-04:002016-08-30T05:35:25.077-04:00Yeah, I do see the point, and that *is* something ...Yeah, I do see the point, and that *is* something discussed in the comments. I think I now agree that that possibility needs to be taken seriously.<br /><br />I don't know whether this is a similar point, but:<br />The one dude defending his experiment in the article does, as one commenter notes, come awfully close to deploying a you-can't-step-in-the-same-river-twice defense.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-50798985170315943582016-08-29T21:21:40.737-04:002016-08-29T21:21:40.737-04:00Perhaps. I was just making mention of those detrac...Perhaps. I was just making mention of those detractors from psychology; namely the eliminativists who claim that psychology is flawed at a fundamental level, and judging by the comments in the article, some (who I've perhaps wrongly lumped into that category) seem to express the sentiment that this replication crisis is to be expected. Maybe this is just a sociological point, however. <br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-40776278982299011362016-08-29T19:47:40.580-04:002016-08-29T19:47:40.580-04:00Isn't the problem with the experiment in quest...Isn't the problem with the experiment in question merely that it can't be replicated? I mean, I don't think it's a problem with any of the concepts...it's just that (a) the hypothesis is likely to be false and (b) the experiment purporting to show that it's true was bogus. If the problem is widespread, doesn't it just show that a lot of psychologists are shitty at Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-18969817610687896442016-08-29T18:25:17.776-04:002016-08-29T18:25:17.776-04:00The Churchlands were right all along!
...but real...The Churchlands were right all along!<br /><br />...but really, what is there to do about this problem (if it is a problem at all)? Should we embrace an eliminativism to the entire field of psychology, or with respect to certain kinds of theories? Or is this chiefly a matter of identifying a means to clarify our psychological concepts in order to better frame questions and hypotheses to test? <brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com