Can We Trust Psychology Right Now?

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Psychology is leading the way on a lot of this. We don't have to throw out everything in psychology. There are studies that replicate. Good science is a gift we give to the future. So we have to get it right. If you can just marginally improve the way we collect and analyze our data, there are untold future human beings that can benefit from that tiny advance.

A decade ago, psychologists realized much of their science was fatally flawed, calling untold numbers of studies into question. Now, some young psychologists are trying to rebuild the foundations of their field. Can they succeed?

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