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Ancient and Modern Conventional Wisdom DEBUNKED, Psychology's Ongoing Replication Crisis and More with Tom McLaughlin
Tom and I have had enough of the bunk. So consider this bunk ... DE-BUNKED.
No, relax. This is not some conspiracy thing. Even though there apparently are aliens now, and they're just telling us, and no one really knows what to do. So. It seems like it gets percentage points less crazy to be a conspiracy theorist every 15 years or so. Don't quote me on that.
Anyway, Tom and I go through some examples of ancient conventional wisdom that turned out to be ehhh let's say, not totally on the mark. You might recognize some of these and think, oh my god, that's right, every single person on earth used to be Certain and also Wrong about something of dire importance. That is something that appears to happen every now and again.
Then I trot with slight fear but not really through a breakdown of why unconscious bias testing is actually and unfortunately not something we can rely on. And this is relevant, how, Mr. Gaynor? Well, it is currently establishing an instance of conventional wisdom, but it is unscientific to the max. Sad but true, said a guy once. It's actually a tragedy and I shouldn't joke. But, I'm a joker, so let me live. Thanks. The joke is that Sad But True is a Metallica song.
Following this, Tom debunks the bunk out of some examples of current conventional wisdom that are just great. This was where I got to listen to a podcast on my podcast. Tom's got a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience, so y'all better bx and listen up. That too is a joke. The joke is that bx means "behavior" in psychology land. So that joke didn't actually make grammatical sense, but I just, I'm done. Listen to the podcast. I laughed editing it. Good times.
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By Alex GaynorTom and I have had enough of the bunk. So consider this bunk ... DE-BUNKED.
No, relax. This is not some conspiracy thing. Even though there apparently are aliens now, and they're just telling us, and no one really knows what to do. So. It seems like it gets percentage points less crazy to be a conspiracy theorist every 15 years or so. Don't quote me on that.
Anyway, Tom and I go through some examples of ancient conventional wisdom that turned out to be ehhh let's say, not totally on the mark. You might recognize some of these and think, oh my god, that's right, every single person on earth used to be Certain and also Wrong about something of dire importance. That is something that appears to happen every now and again.
Then I trot with slight fear but not really through a breakdown of why unconscious bias testing is actually and unfortunately not something we can rely on. And this is relevant, how, Mr. Gaynor? Well, it is currently establishing an instance of conventional wisdom, but it is unscientific to the max. Sad but true, said a guy once. It's actually a tragedy and I shouldn't joke. But, I'm a joker, so let me live. Thanks. The joke is that Sad But True is a Metallica song.
Following this, Tom debunks the bunk out of some examples of current conventional wisdom that are just great. This was where I got to listen to a podcast on my podcast. Tom's got a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience, so y'all better bx and listen up. That too is a joke. The joke is that bx means "behavior" in psychology land. So that joke didn't actually make grammatical sense, but I just, I'm done. Listen to the podcast. I laughed editing it. Good times.