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A 21-word solution for reducing verification bias in the social sciences?
Is social science (especially fields rife with fraud like social psychology) completely worthless? How should we solve the massive problem of verification bias in social science research and in related fields like law, economics, etc.? Via Deborah Mayo, check out … Continue reading
Posted in Deception, Economics, Ethics, Law, Science
Tagged Social Science, Verification Bias
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“Give me liberty or give me … social science?”
Richard Thaler argues in his Economic View column in the Sunday Times that social scientists should play a greater role in shaping public policy, but prior probability wonders whether the opposite is true. After all, most published social “science” findings are false, and moreover, so-called social “scientists” … Continue reading
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Tagged Liberty, Nudge, Public Policy, Richard Thaler, Social Science
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