Hot take: Poor quality research is effective because of the imbalance in the perceived value of theory versus evidence. What people really like are explanations or theories ("understanding" something makes you feel smart). However, without compelling evidence, any explanation is just a story.
Fully agreed, ideas are somewhat cheap, even good ones. The hard part is always doing the work. Hence, why I am never really concerned about being scooped. If someone else is willing to do the work, good for them and I guess less work for me.
Drafts of the first chapters of my brms Book: Applied Bayesian Regression Modelling Using R and Stan are online: paulbuerkner.com/software/brm... Check it out and let me know what you think!
I love this video; I really cannot believe that the dots do not change their size. I noticed however that the orange dots move. Is this necessary to get this strong effect or could you get a similarly strong effect with orange dots that stay in place and only the surrounding dots move?
Great opportunity for a short visit to an experimental psychology lab in the UK for researchers from the Global South!
eps.ac.uk/kuppuraj-bis... Grant helps finance postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers from the ‘Global South’ working in experimental psychology to complete a study visit in a lab hosted by an EPS member Deadline is 1st December.
This scheme was set up in 2020 by Professor Dorothy Bishop, in memory of Kuppuraj, a postdoc from India who worked with her on a study visit. It aims to help finance postgraduate and postdoctoral r…