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What things in life *shouldn't* we optimize? (with Christie Aschwanden)
Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
How Much Science Is Getting Through These Three Hiding Blocks?
In order for work to be useful, like a series of things has to happen, right? So the first thing is the work actually has to be correct. And my best guess is that in social science, at least something like 40% of studies would not replicate from top journals. Then after that, it usually needs to at least have some degree of generalizability because you don't care that it works on this exact type of person and this exact setting. But then even if you have those two things, I would add a third criteria: It can be reproducible and generalizable but doesn't matter either because the effect size is so small or because it's just about something that's
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