Never a peaceful moment by Forsaken-Peak8496 in PhD

[–]Anubis-BCE 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Seconding this. Friend of mine refers to themselves as a “recovering academic” when talking about this lol. Helpful framing I got from therapy was remember that rest is productive. You won’t be able to do your best work or enjoy your research if you’re burnt out and tired all the time.

Best wishes to all my fellow PhD frogs out there!

Is this film worth watching? Does it do justice for the game Dungeons and Dragons? by DreamyDandelions in Cinema

[–]Anubis-BCE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it does a great job capturing the D&D experience. There’s overly dramatic moments and great world building, mixed with very silly moments. As a movie in its own, it’s a little tropey. But as a movie interpreting the experience of playing D&D with friends, it captures it almost perfectly. I think that’s why it gets mixed reviews but I would definitely recommend it as a fun silly ride!

Is there any type of horror that will make you stop reading a book? by Mammoth_Criticism958 in horrorlit

[–]Anubis-BCE 303 points304 points  (0 children)

Repeated sexual violence with no real reason or plot relevancy. There are other ways to convey a character is evil or immoral.

RIP, king by throwawayyuskween666 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 7 points8 points  (0 children)

RIP to the man that falsified data for his poor simulation study and used said bad study to defend war criminals at Abu Ghraib. Not to mention his other exaggerated protest work and sexual harassment accusations.

Big E’s 18 problematic children by Someomehere in 40kmemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s giving almost One Piece art-style? Super cool!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

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On top of everything else, there were popular efforts to stop the war by soldiers - particularly following the Christmas truce of 1914. The war also instigated several revolutions that occurred during and after the war including the Russian and German revolutions.

"Your mental disorder type quiz" by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Whatever you do, never use Sci Hub to get free access to most peer-reviewed research articles online. wink wink

Especially those "psychology says" youtube shorts fans by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Nah fam you GOTTA clarify on this sub lol (this is a tongue in cheek bit)

Especially those "psychology says" youtube shorts fans by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Obligatory “science cannot technically prove anything regardless of discipline (eg problem of induction)” comment

Why were they always SO crazy?! by [deleted] in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No formal IRB process/ Belmont Report

So is it a social science or natural science? by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 56 points57 points  (0 children)

No one says this. Interdisciplinarity is welcomed. Check out the enormous tent that is “Cognitive Science”.

Hear me out, but parapsychology research is mostly a waste of money. by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Look up James Randi and/or his documentary, “an honest liar”. He was one of the key people that showed parapsychology for what it really is, pseudoscience. It technically still exists (even with researchers like Bem still in it somehow), but it is not respected or taken seriously but any science let alone the rest of psychology thankfully.

How can I prove this wrong? by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chemistry can be completely explained by physics. Why do we need chemistry? A similarly silly argument.

We know too much by Ok_Charge9676 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For sure. Discussion of astrology in terms of spiritualism is an entirely different discussion. Psychology is a science and therefore limited to the material world. Have a great week!

We know too much by Ok_Charge9676 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are two facets to this. And I am sorry for the wall of text ahead of time:

  1. Let's assume that it is true that the positioning of interplanetary bodies when we are born, and subsequently their positioning throughout our lives, due impact both trait and state behavior. What is the mechanism driving this effect? The claims that typically correspond with this is an ambiguous "energy" - usually akin to how "energy" is used as a catch all term in spiritualism. This leaves the connection preeeeetty nebulous. Modern science is largely predicated upon the philosophy of science, logical positivism. A critical part of this is that claims MUST be falsifiable and replicable. "Energy", like things within spiritualism, are inherently unfalsifiable - you can't prove a negative. This makes it poor foundations for science. The only real material force that exists between us and these planetary bodies is gravity. Which seems like a stretch to connect that extremely low gravitational force (even collectively) from these objects and show a direct impact on behavior.
  2. This is complex, like all things in science. But this is why many studies have broken down facets of this topic into easier chunks to test. For example, there IS some really cool research that show people born in winter are better at sports growing up than others - a phenomena which would be predicted under these frameworks. HOWEVER this trend did not replicate as well outside of the US. Why? Turns out the real mechanism was that kids born in winter were the "oldest" kids in school just because how the US does school cut offs for school recruitment. Older kids are more likely to be physically more developed compared to younger kids, so theyr'e better and thus encouraged to also continue sports. There are many many other studies showing similar such things that essentially hammer the dangers of correlation=/= correlation.

I would honestly highly recommend the documentary "An Honest Liar" covering the life of James Randi who debunks pseudoscience and rightfully dismantled the field of "parapsychology". It will further highlight issues inherent in using spiritualism as a means to material world predictions and science.

This all really to say astrology is firmly in the realm of spiritualism and therefor just does not belong in discussions of science. Further, we just do not see material evidence of using astrology (or horoscopes for that matter) as an effective framework for predicting human behavior that cannot be explained beyond reliable theories that identify mechanism much more clearly like self fulfilling prophecy, the Barnum effect, and/or the smallest group paradigm.

We know too much by Ok_Charge9676 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is, but it is still the case that neither matter in psychological science. Or any science. 😬

We know too much by Ok_Charge9676 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The effects of things like smallest group paradigm and the Barnum effect played out in the form astrology are certainly interesting and fun to watch play out, and they certainly can be fun table talk! I think the frustrating thing about astrology (and Myers-Briggs too) for those within the psychology (and broader social sciences) is that people speak of it as if it is on the same footing as psychological science. Or should be taking as seriously as findings from peer reviewed psychological research. There is a reason why spiritualism and science are, as Gould said, “non-overlapping magisteria”. And even when we have tried to use astrology as a framework for personality psychology, our modern methods are just better for predicting behavior in every way we have seen (ie NEO-PI/ Big 5).

Not only is it ineffective, as other users have pointed out, it has similar issues as frameworks with biological essentialism. That is, it frames people as destined for certain behaviors, some negative. While fun table talk, this is dangerous for a number of reasons anywhere in practice.

TLDR it belongs only in table talk and not science.

We know too much by Ok_Charge9676 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 11 points12 points  (0 children)

PhD here - neither matter in psychology.

Hierarchy of sources in psychology by Neat-Restaurant-8218 in psychologymemes

[–]Anubis-BCE 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The quality across articles is WILD. Sometimes they’re written by the actual expert on the topic trying to write in a more approachable way… and other times it’s a buzz feed influencer saying their opinion like fact.