Comment by HWR_14
4 years ago
So without training in the field, having read about the specific example or anything else, you can say the entire study is trash?
4 years ago
So without training in the field, having read about the specific example or anything else, you can say the entire study is trash?
I'd think of it more like such studies being potential stepping stones towards the establishment of scientific facts, rather than establishing those facts alone. But it will take more work and by separate groups before anyone can have faith that these findings are meaningful - especially given the background of the reproducibility crisis.
Pretty sure caution was what was advised with no opinion one way or the other. Being extra cautious about preliminary psych findings is only sensible. It might be considered batshit crazy to do anything else given the issues we've found out about in that field. Does it reproduce? Is the right question to ask.