Yet it seems most scientists & their communities don't accept purely theoretical arguments. So one tries to illustrate it empirically with a new kind of study or dataset. But the numbers/empirical evidence are often highly preliminary/weak. 2/
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Replying to @NeuroStats @o_guest and
Yet for some reason the latter strategy seems to be persuasive & compelling in getting a field to think differently even when the actual empirical evidence is weak/flawed wasn't even necessary/crucial to make the whole argument. This is something I am trying to understand. 3/3
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Replying to @NeuroStats @o_guest and
Cargo cults...in the past, experiments have been successful at providing the data that has convinced the field. Therefore future experiments as opposed to theories matter.
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Replying to @bradpwyble @KordingLab and
Iris van Rooij Retweeted Nicole Barbaro
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @bradpwyble and
I agree with the theoretical and empirical split. I would go even further with the disciplinary idea: I don't even think Psychology holds together as a research discipline at all. It only continues to exist as such because of university administrative needs.
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Replying to @itjohnstone @IrisVanRooij and
I'm not thrilled with the idea of a split. I think all theory folks should get their hands into raw data, even if they don't collect it.
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Replying to @bradpwyble @itjohnstone and
I think if there's a split, some "data collecting" labs will be on both sides of the split. It'll be more of a theme-base split IMHO than a theory vs data-only one.
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Replying to @o_guest @bradpwyble and
Team science is the future anyway ;)
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @o_guest and
Iris van Rooij Retweeted Dr Jenni Rodd
Btw, on not collecting data, saw this come by the other day:https://twitter.com/jennirodd/status/1083443330145505280?s=21 …
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Yeah, classic.
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