Should this paper in psychological science be retracted? (2016)
I would take it even farther and claim that very little in experimental psychology &#x2F; sociology has any value whatsoever. Google the top papers of all time in psychology and its either been formally debunked (Stanford prison experiment) or it has no applicable impact on society.<p>Using computers to parse statistical data is interesting and can reveal truths about society. Trying to correlate the delay between eating a marshmellow as a child and income as an adult is ridiculous, yet collectively we have spent untold money and time on tenured professors, conferences, papers, and pop psychology books about such things. Another example is Power Posing. How Amy Cuddy still gets employment is a mystery.