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Special Edition: Theory of Anything Hosts David Deutsch

The Theory of Anything

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The Replication Crisis in Psychology

David Wheeler: I think the replication crisis in psychology and related fields is a small facet of what goes wrong when you apply scientism to anything that involves knowledge. He says if something can be replicated in psychology, then it's not really psychology. Wheeler: In your first chapter in your book and your theory on explanation, I've always got the feeling as you step through the phases leading up to the breakthrough method that we have today,. I've always wondered how you see the relationship between that theory and poppers.

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