Psychology experiments often can’t be replicated
There is currently what is being described as a “crisis” in the field of social/personality psychology. It turns out, many psychological experiments, however heralded in the media and whose findings...
View ArticleClass, children, & the social costs of nonjudgmentalism
There is a growing chasm in our society. It isn’t so much between the wealthy and the middle class, though it does have to do with social classes, a major demarcation seeming to be between the college...
View ArticleOn the Wrongness of Polls
Once again, the polls were spectacularly wrong in predicting the recent election. Perhaps the problem is not "shy" conservatives, but the large number of "declined to respond." The limits of survey...
View ArticleAnother Social Science Miss: Non-Members Still Go to Church
A recent Gallup poll found that church membership in the United States has fallen to below 50%, sparking still more commentary on the decline of religion. But follow-up research has found that most of...
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