“In many life sciences, including psychology, discovery isn’t a black-and-white issue; it is matter of determining, from one experiment to the next, the theoretical contribution made by various shades of gray. When psychologists set arbitrary criteria (p<.05) on the precise shade of gray required to achieve publication—and hence career success—they also incentivize a host of conscious and unconscious strategies to cross that threshold. In the battle between science and storytelling, there is simply no competition: storytelling wins every time.” PsychologyFraudReplication CrisisAcademic PoliticsP Hacking Book:The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice Source: The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice
“Given the current pace of its corporatization, academia may well become the worst institution for indoctrinating and subjugating many brilliant minds that may otherwise have great potential for dissidence and creating a new worldview, which is much needed amid the global turmoil we are experiencing internationally.” AcademiaCorporate CultureIntellectual LifeCorporate GreedAcademicsIntellectual FreedomIntellectual HonestyAcademic FreedomAcademic Industrial ComplexAcademic Politics Author:Louis Yako
“U.S academia has long operated under the mediocre slogan of “publish or perish”, not taking into account that very often writers may perish the minute they publish, if they do not have something meaningful to say. As though adding to human knowledge can occur simply by killing some trees and publishing (mostly recycling) a couple of articles a year or one book every few years. Many academics that operate according to this slogan do not seem to remember Dostoyevsky’s words that the most difficult thing in life is to actually say something new, or George Orwell who once stated: “Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are.” WritingCreativityPublishingCreative WritingAcademiaAcademic WritingAcademic ResearchAcademic Politics Author:Louis Yako