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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf Apr 24
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    The reproducibility movement rings the death knell for the Mortality Salience Effect from Terror Management Theory, the most influential psychological theory of the impact of our awareness of mortality. https://psyarxiv.com/cb9er/ pic.twitter.com/NFLxXL4K6l

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      2. EBF‏ @ernestbeckerfdn Apr 26
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        Replying to @DegenRolf

        Before dismissing decades of research from one paper that had some substantial methodological issues, check out the rebuttal to the ManyLabs study here: https://psyarxiv.com/ejubn  One flawed study does not invalidate 1000+ successful replications performed in over 25 countries.

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf Apr 26
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        Replying to @ernestbeckerfdn

        I have also posted a whole series of independent, high powered replication failures in recent years. And the theory rest largely on "priming" studies, which have been completely debunked, and which were a major trigger of the reproducibility crisis.

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      2. Patrick Lockwood‏ @PsychPLockwood Apr 24
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        @PsychRabble @EPoe187

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      3. Bo Winegard‏ @EPoe187 Apr 24
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        Replying to @PsychPLockwood @DegenRolf @PsychRabble

        It was never a plausible theory, although I was agnostic about the mortality salience effects. I'm not surprised to see it fall, though.

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      2. Stephen Baillargeon‏ @sbb71791 Apr 24
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        Dang, this one is rough for some research proposals I was pretty excited about pursuing. There were a lot of studies that made me pretty confident about this effect, but there's no way to responsibly ignore this one. Time to adjust a bunch of my beliefs.

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      2. proxima ratio‏ @proximaratio Apr 24
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        Hmpf, it was my choice as a special subject for my Vordiplom in social psychology, loved it and could really relate to it, also the work of yalom. Glad I changed to mathematics, replication rate 100% (but zero insight into human condition sigh).

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      3. Sage Gibbons‏ @Sage_Gibbons Apr 25
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        We sense regret

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      1. 白非魚, aka Moby Dick‏ @kmichaelwilson Apr 24
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        another one bites the dust

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      1. Patrick Dunlop‏ @PersonalityPat Apr 24
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        I personally could not relate to this theory at all. I know I'm going to die. I'm okay with that. On the other hand, I am terrified of: being badly injured or incapacitated but not dying, and terrified of being the last person in my friend and family network to die.

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