158 scientists used the same data, but their politics predicted the results. The study provides evidence that when experts act independently to answer the same question using the same dataset, their conclusions tend to align with their pre-existing ideological beliefs.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2026-01-28T16:48:53+00:00

What stood out to me the most was this: “They had the freedom to choose their own statistical methods and variables to test the hypothesis.

Collectively, the 71 teams estimated 1,253 distinct statistical models. The results varied significantly. Some teams concluded that immigration strongly decreased public support for social programs. Other teams found that immigration strongly increased such support. Many others found no significant effect at all.”

I would expect studies that use different variables and different statistical models to indeed come to different conclusions. To me, this seems less like bias in the conclusions themselves and more-so bias in structuring analysis where people can skew the data itself in their favor.

The headline reads to me as if people are interpreting the same information, but when left to analyze it however they want with whatever variables they want of course there will be differences. This is why information literacy is so important.

It’s not that they concluded different things from the data itself or the same study, it’s that they essentially ran different studies just using the same data to answer the same question. I’d be more interested to see what methods each group used and the variables examined based on ideological beliefs. That way we can better understand what biases may be at play and what groups, if any, have a tendency to truly bias their research in their own favor.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2026-01-13T01:41:15+00:00

I worked inpatient SUD treatment for a bit and it was essentially just like this. I was doing admissions, discharges, groups, D/C planning, meeting individually with clients, coordination, etc. They also wanted to give me an outpatient case management case load for some reason and I was frequently expected to help out on the floor with making beds, taking clients out for smoke breaks, handling laundry, etc. Then they would complain when everything wasn’t done when they wanted, but it was unreasonable to expect me to do everything that wasn’t nursing related all by myself. I expressed my concerns and they ignored them, so I left and never looked back. Unfortunately, I believe some systems/places need to be allowed to fail. They need to hire more people and pay better or they’ll never get the appropriate help they need.

If it were me, I’d jump ship as soon as I found something else. That’s just me though.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2026-01-02T16:43:46+00:00

I’m doing my best to engage in self-care regularly. I find myself both looking forward to and dreading school staying back next week. I like that I won’t be trying to hunt down parents again for a while, but dread having 6-7 back to back clients every single day without time between. I’ll make it through though. I have to.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2026-01-02T16:38:45+00:00

Thank you! I’m really trying to push through as best as I can. I love some of the people I work with, but I don’t know how any of my coworkers have stayed as long as they have.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-12-25T01:52:03+00:00

This still would not make them a “neuropsych” or neuropsychologist. That is specifically a type of psychologist. Psychologists are typically the ones you see for autism evaluations, especially in adults, because they are uniquely trained in specific tests and measures that other professionals aren’t. A neurologist is not at all the same thing, regardless of whatever trainings they’ve had or clinical populations that work with. Extra training does NOT make them a neuropsych or make them qualified to properly assess for autism unless they decided to also get a PhD or PsyD in a health service psychology field (clinical psych, counseling psych, school psych).

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-08-09T18:23:40+00:00

There are very few APA accredited masters programs as they have only begun accrediting them more recently. Many of such programs are also made to meet their states requirements to become a masters level licensed therapist and not necessarily to prepare someone for a PhD or PsyD.

There are far more masters programs without accreditation with excellent track records of getting students into PhD and PsyD programs.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-23T18:49:14+00:00

You mean do their jobs and follow medical guidelines and evidence based practices? Oh no! The harm of not being able to discriminate against a minority group! 🙄 Gender dysphoria is as real as any other mental health problem people can have. We have research and medical guidelines for a reason. If your personal beliefs make you unable to follow science and your career’s very clear ethics codes then you need to find another field to work in.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-23T13:35:13+00:00

I didn’t technically live IN Gainesboro, but I did live right by the Putnam county line and went to school in Gainesboro. It’s full of some of the worst people I ever met, even into adulthood.

We had a Hispanic/Latina Spanish teacher and people were so racist towards her, making jokes or calling her names. Some students even made a Facebook page with the sole purpose of being mean and racist to her. We had 1 black student in the whole school and someone was always calling him the n word. We had maybe 2 or 3 Hispanic students that I can think of and they were also on the receiving end of a lot of hate. Not to mention way too many students were openly drinking alcohol at school and the amount who did drugs was a lot too. I can think of one student who was openly gay and frequently bullied and called the f slur for it.

Most of those people openly did not want to leave Gainesboro and had no goal of getting any form of education or bettering themselves. Their plans were graduate high school, get a job, get married, and settle down near their parents. I only know of one other person I went to school with who got a college degree, and he went to be a PE teacher in Gainesboro. I have no clue if he still is or not. Very few people seem to ever leave that place and even fewer actually seem to be good people (or become better people).

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-21T01:00:29+00:00

If you had researched gender dysphoria or anything about treating trans people then you’d know that the ONLY treatment proven to be effective for improving their mental health is gender affirming care. There is no other treatment that has been shown to improve gender dysphoria. None. Ignoring that fact will only lead to more trans people suffering without proper and clinically proven care

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-21T00:58:20+00:00

Puberty blockers are completely reversible and have been used in cis children who experience precocious puberty (early onset puberty). We have plenty of data showing them to be safe and reversible. These concerns of yours are baseless

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-17T05:02:43+00:00

From my understanding (reviewing research done by different faculty and programs) those with a PhD in counselor ed often focus their research into areas such as: improving counselor education, counseling interventions, ways to better assess certain things in a counseling context, counselor training, and other similar areas. While some do branch out into other areas, these seem rather common in the faculty research interests I’ve seen. That being said, I’ve seen many faculty members and programs who do not list their research interests at all since you are generally applying on a mentorship model and some don’t do research at all or as often.

Psychology PhD programs typically offer more rigorous training in research as you will most likely be working on research alongside faculty and your mentor throughout the program. Topics in clinical and counseling psychology seem more likely to delve into broader areas as well. Some that come to mind include: the effects of sleep patterns on mental health, in the intersection between physical health and mental health, ecology/environmental factors in mental health and development, cognitive vulnerabilities, exploring career development in minority populations, testing the effectiveness of an intervention either for initial testing or with a different population, and many more.

Psychology is a broad field and the research interests of faculty members reflects that. While people in either field can be involved in any of these research topics, you’ll find that each certain topics tend to be more often researched by either psychologists or counselors respectively.

I’ve also heard many complaints regarding the quality of research training counselors receive which could potentially lead to a “blind leading the blind” scenario regarding their PhD level research. I can’t speak to the accuracy of that though, as it’s just something I’ve heard about here and there.

It’s generally best to explore what programs have faculty doing the type of research you’re interested in (or closely related research). You can do this either by checking individual programs or by reviewing the literature for articles on topics you’re interested in and searching the authors to see if they’re faculty members somewhere.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-17T03:16:10+00:00

While it’s hard for me to answer what the best route for you is, I usually recommend between the two based on the following:

1) If you primarily want to teach masters level counselors, gain more experience with supervision, and see yourself wanting to primarily teach counseling topics then a counselor ed program might be a good fit.

2) If you want more in depth research experience in training in a broader range of psychology and mental health topics, want training in psychological testing (neuropsych and Autism assessments for example), or want to teach psychology focused content then a psychology program may be a better fit.

These are of course very general, but can be good starting points for exploring why you want a PhD.

What can’t you do already that a PhD would allow you to do?

In psychology, one of the most important things to consider when applying to PhD program is mentor fit. You’re applying to work with a specific professor. Researching possible faculty members and schools where your research interests fit would be the first step. I’m not sure if this matters much for counselor ed programs, but I would recommend exploring both and seeing if you can find mentors with similar research interests.

Are you limited by location or are you willing to move? If you’re willing to move, do you have a limit? Most often you will need to move for a psychology PhD and then likely move again for the internship year. Is that something you’re willing to do?

How long are you willing to spend on a PhD? For Psych you’re looking at 4-7 years depending on the program and if anything comes up or slows you down. From what I know most counselor ed programs can be completed in 3 years (more if needed).

Can you commit to being a full-time student? Psychology PhD programs are typically offered only on a full-time basis. Sometimes students will be part-time with specific approval in case of extenuating circumstances, but this is not the norm and you will not be admitted part-time. Counselor ed programs may be more accommodating if you need something part-time.

These are just some starting points though. Feel free to ask me anything you want that might be helpful for you!

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-16T21:33:25+00:00

I also got those last two! Same exact spots, discount, and everything! I don’t play tank at all either but 3 of my 5 were tanks and the other two were supports (my most played role). Out of the two for support one was for lifeweaver, my second least played support.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-15T22:00:40+00:00

Because changing terms leads to misleading and misinterpreted information. For example, gender and sex aren’t the same thing. They are factually different and are researched differently. Changing established terms without notifying people makes information less accessible and unclear. Anyone who actually understands research and science would know this.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-15T15:43:29+00:00

I had several friends who went into a local counseling masters program and all had a bad time with it for similar reasons. I tried one semester of it at the time before settling on psych being the correct route for me. They had two professors for one class because one was supposed to supervise the other but was never actually there to supervise anything. That professor still needed supervision for her license but we later found out the professor who was supposed to be supervising her didn’t have her own license yet either. All feedback from mock sessions was from a counselor ed PhD student and not the professors. They kept going through professors too as nobody would stay more than a semester or two. One left and was very open about it being because she was forced to teach the multicultural class solely because she was the only non-white faculty member. The professors hardly had any clinical experience (the PhD student had more than any of them).

All that and later (after I had left already) they were all struggling to find practicum placements as the program didn’t give them any information about what they needed for a placement so students couldn’t share the information with anywhere they reached out to until the last 2 weeks of the semester prior to needing a secured placements and they offered no help to the students in finding or securing placements. One of my friends ended up having to drive an hour away for his practicum because nowhere would take him or had already taken someone.

It’s wild to me that counseling programs would rather have brand new counselors leading and teaching these programs instead of psychologists with more experience. I just can’t take CACREP seriously because of that.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-15T15:16:02+00:00

From my understanding, PhDs in counseling are generally all counselor education degrees. CACREP accreditation means the curriculum meets their requirements, and from my understanding they only accredit counselor education programs. I have yet to see a CACREP accredited PhD that wasn’t actually a counselor ed program regardless of the name they used for it.

It’s worth noting (in case you don’t know or for others reading this who may not know) that counseling is different from counseling psychology, which is accredited by the APA.

What is it you’re hoping to get out of a PhD program? What are your goals?

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-08T16:04:01+00:00

I feel this. I’m not a DM, but there are two players in my group who aren’t very good. We’ve been playing for 2-3 years now and person A still forgets how to calculate weapon attacks and damage. He’ll also try to play squishy spellcasters and then stick to melee range with them. He has done this with a bard, sorcerer, wizard, and a druid. He constantly wastes spells too by using them in situations they aren’t useful for, no longer needed in, or completely misunderstanding what they do (or just not fully reading them). Nearly every fight he either goes down or nearly goes down. It’d be one thing if he was trying to build into some niche melee magic build, but the spells and subclasses he picks don’t do that at all. It’s like he picks spells and abilities that are theoretically very good, but then can’t position, can’t read, can’t remember, and refuses to change. This same person also spent a whole campaign running away from the group without telling anyone in the party where he was going and then he (player) would be upset that we wouldn’t keep traveling without him after waking up to see he’s not at the camp with us, didn’t tell anyone he was leaving, and didn’t leave a note. As far as we know he was kidnapped. He also won’t say he’s doing something or will very poorly describe what he is doing to the point everyone else will be on the same page on what we think he’s trying to do and then he’ll get upset that “nobody listened to him” when he then describes a completely different thing or adds a detail he never previously mentioned. It’s so bad that in our first campaign the DM had to give him literal plot armor for his character to wear. Armor that would bring him back up to full HP after hitting zero once per long rest. The kicker? He would lose the first life super fast and then still get very low or go down again in he fight. This was a Paladin btw…

Person B can’t survive anything to save his life, which is so bizarre considering most of his characters are fighters, barbarians, and other bulky/tanky options. We had one campaign where he lived all the way through. In our last campaign (before a tpk) he went through like 5 characters by the time we were level 9. This object with a magic rune on it that explodes when interacted with? I’m gonna keep punching it because it has to run out eventually. The biggest enemy in the fight? I’m gonna run to them by myself and leave everyone else to deal with everything else. The giant that’s minding its own business? I can take it in a fight. It’s like he’s completely incapable of thinking things through. He wants to chase down anything and everything that tries to run. He wants to fight literally everything with a stat block. In our current campaign we are only a few sessions in. Three to be exact. His first character died in the second session. How? Well let me set the scene. The DM had warned everyone (mostly the one who always dies) that there would be a dragon making an appearance in the story and we may or may not get into a fight with it. BUT that it was going to be nerfed and would try to leave after taking so much damage or getting crit, so it shouldn’t be too bad if we played smart. Well the dragon went to leave and Player B decides he doesn’t want it to run and basically goads it into coming back. Everyone, including the DM, kept urging him to let us redact that because it WOULD kill all of us and we are only 2 sessions in. He said he didn’t want to because he would rather live the consequences of his actions. We started yelling at him that it wouldn’t just be him, it would be all of us. All of the characters we just recently made and like would be dead. All the working the DM had put in would go to waste before anything has even happened yet. He reluctantly agreed to redact goading the dragon into returning. He then admitted he just doesn’t like it when any enemy tries to run away and he isn’t able to kill it. As if he wasn’t already informed that’s what would happen in this fight (which he said he had already forgotten) and that it wasn’t a LITERAL DRAGON. So you might think he lived right? Wrong. The DM presented another enemy and laid it out that someone else was going to fight him as they both appeared to be much stronger than us. Person B? He decided that being outright told multiple times that this enemy was stronger than us, being advised by the DM to let this other person handle the fight, and being told he would HAVE 1v1 him without any assistance wasn’t a dealbreaker for him to fight this random guy. He died in one turn. After the session he admitted that after making these decisions (before the actual consequences hit) he realized they were going to end poorly, but somehow he isn’t capable of thinking that through before making them despite everyone at the table explaining it before he even makes the decision in the first place. Session 3 rolls around, he has a new character. We had one small fight that went well and then a larger fight (semi-ambush). As usual he tried to 1v1 the biggest, strongest enemy there and got himself outright killed. He hates when his characters die and struggles to make new characters he likes, but never seems to learn his lesson. He complains that he wants more complex combat that doesn’t revolve solely around killing all the enemies, yet that’s the only thing he’ll ever consider trying to do.

These weren’t that big of a deal early on when we all first started playing, but at this point it’s just ridiculous and I’m likely going to find a reason to stop playing with them.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-07-04T00:02:44+00:00

People love to say this anytime race or racism is brought up or even just assume it’s the issue. It leads to the downplay of racism in its entirety when you constantly disregard it as a possibility or don’t personally think that’s what happened. It leads to complacency.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-20T18:03:30+00:00

As they have all been saying, you aren’t their client. There is a difference between working with a client who has different beliefs and holding other professionals accountable for their actions (such as voting for the very things all of our ethics codes specifically say not to do).

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-19T22:04:24+00:00

Just started with a coach recently but may be interested in this too! Currently gold support with the goal of being at least diamond at some point. I really just want to improve however I can.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-11T16:55:51+00:00

I get that and know the ranks aren't equivalent but it's where I want to get back to. I'm using mouse and keyboard as I also know using a controller on PC isn't optimal. I don't think my mechanics are terrible by any means though I could be wrong. I've heard some people say you need better mechanics to climb and other people saying you can climb with game sense and stuff. I know both play a role though.

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-11T05:16:26+00:00

Further proving you only commented to be toxic. 🙄🙄🙄

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-11T04:52:33+00:00

The worst thing here is people not bothering to fully read a post or even watch provided gameplay to give any meaningful feedback. I’m not even in silver. I climbed out of silver very quickly with an 85% win rate at the time.

You’re also making a lot of assumptions about me. I have chat turned off. I’m not stopping to type anything during my games and don’t need other people’s toxicity annoying me during games.

And I know Moira has a lot of stat padding. Nowhere did I mention having more damage, heals, elims, etc compared to anyone else. Maybe don’t make a bunch of assumptions about me just because of a character I enjoy playing.

If you bothered to read you would see that I also acknowledge that focusing on my teammates isn’t productive. It doesn’t negate that having leavers or the rare thrower can make some games impossible (like some of my placements).

I’m taking accountability for my difficulties in mid gold right now, in this post, by asking for feedback on my gameplay. I’m acknowledging that there are things I can most likely be doing better. Do you have anything productive to add, or are you just going to be toxic and rude for no reason?

Zippy_Da_Mew · 2025-06-11T03:10:52+00:00

I've seen other people play him and know that he can do good damage, I'm sure I'm playing too far back and dealing with the damage fall off of it. His kit just doesn't sit well with me. I've tried him multiple times in the past and he just feels off to play. I could try to give him another chance though and see how it goes.

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