PNAS doing its thing. Ridiculous PC-framed study, small student samples, tons of p ≈ .05, and a billion interactions. I'm sure this will replicate well, guys. http://www.pnas.org/content/114/35/9314.full.pdf …pic.twitter.com/rTjdjMxKMA
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Also nasal lolxytocin. Barely anything with nasal oxytocin administration replicates, and the literature is extremely low-quality[1]. Also doesn't even look like the potential mechanism is biologically plausible[2]. [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2088200-everything-youve-heard-about-sniffing-oxytocin-might-be-wrong/ …. [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26049207 .
Low prior and low posterior field infused with social justice mentality makes for very poor science.