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by SpaceCadetJones 3740 days ago
You mean to tell me a subject still in its infancy, studying some of the most complex and dynamic systems, has some bad findings? Shocking

As someone who studied psychology, I've always recognized a lot of it is a bunch of wankery (as everyone should). That doesn't mean you toss it out, it means you think critically about any findings. This is the same reason I'm wary of a lot of economic talk: it's another social science studying something possibly even more complex. People seem to often carry a definitive tone