Thank, Scott, for the link to your Skeptical Psychologist blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist
One post is a particular gripe of mine (and other TIPSters, I'm sure): "We shouldn't put too much trust in any psychology finding unless and until a different investigative team has replicated it. We should also remember that the news media rarely appreciate the importance of replication, so they're liable to hype surprising findings before others have duplicated them." http://tinyurl.com/yzrwpvz And, I would add, sometimes they hype claims of confirmations of popular beliefs that are not necessarily valid. Also: occasionally researchers, with the aid of their University publicity department, send out Press Releases that result in wide coverage of the claimed findings, all too often presented uncritically by journalists. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
