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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Jul 4

    To complete Psych 101, I had to be a subject in like 5 hours of psychology studies. As the subject, my first thought was always “I wonder what the deception is in this one” since basically every social psych study starts by lying to the subject. Always struck me as sketchy

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      2. Thuongvu‏ @Rainloft Jul 4
        Replying to @backus

        Is there an alternative? If you tell subjects, they modify their behavior further. This reminds me of how most movies are so predictable for me. A movie must make me feel so immersed that I forget to analyze everything and just go with the flow and suspend disbelief.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 4
        Replying to @Rainloft

        Well, the strangest part for me was reviewing academic studies for class and then participating as a subject the next day. If you just required students to do it a year later then at least it wouldn’t be top of mind

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      4. Dawn Casey-Rowe‏ @runningdmc Jul 5
        Replying to @backus @Rainloft

        I was a frequent subject since they paid like $15. Except most specified right handed. I’m left. So I deceived them first:)

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      1. Shane McCann‏ @ShaneMcCann93 Jul 5
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        Read "The Elephant in the Brain" by Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler. Near the beginning they outline the reason why subjects have to be misled

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      2. Alex Hardy  🦊‏ @CantHardyWait Jul 4
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        I often think about this. Is the theory that so little of the studied population actually knows this that experiments can generate legitimate results?

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      3. Elliot Lee‏ @intelliot Jul 5
        Replying to @CantHardyWait @backus

        Why not do a study to validate this theory? Same experiment. With one group, lie as usual. With the other, tell the truth.

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