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How much of the "social sciences" is irreproducible garbage?

If you design experiments correctly and do the math right ev...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
90% sounds right
Seedy internal respiration church
  08/25/26
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/ICPSR/search/studies
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/ICPSR/view/studies/251457
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
i don't think it's limited to social sciences. 'scientists' ...
fiercely-loyal national security agency spot
  08/25/26
the social sciences are the reason you obey authority in thi...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
you're telling me this for the first time
fiercely-loyal national security agency spot
  08/25/26
how do you think they calculate the unemployment rate that g...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
who cares. social sciences are SHIT: https://www.nature.com...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
look at you trying to change the subject
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
You changed it first. The unemployment rate is an official s...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
the unemployment rate is calculated using social science. I ...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
that's an ignoratio elenchi
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
you're just low IQ. You've never made an intelligent comment...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
Yeah because equivocating over "social science" is...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
what do you think "social sciences" means? be spec...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
You are using the broad sense of social sciences "&ldqu...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
no I'm not. that's a straw man fallacy. you're also dodging ...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
I acknowledge that unemployment statistics are part of the s...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
within the social sciences there are people who quantitative...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
I am talking about quantitative research. That's what reprod...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
all 28k studies at that ICPSR link are reproducible. I dare ...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
I don't even know who "karlstack" is and I couldn'...
French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
Date: August 25th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: The Penis I don...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
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French Clear Incel Circlehead
  08/25/26
"the unemployment rate is calculated using social scien...
Alcoholic plaza
  08/25/26
Basically the only thing from the social sciences that has p...
Iridescent motley business firm
  08/25/26
(buys annual passes to the creation museum)
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26
I'm a geologist and can attest to the fact that geology is a...
White Splenetic Private Investor
  08/25/26
no one ITT has linked to an irreproducibile social science s...
ocher exciting location
  08/25/26


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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:02 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

If you design experiments correctly and do the math right everything always comes out like trash. you can't "prove" anything unless you basically hit the lottery. No way 90% of these "experiments" are designed properly and. have measurment validity and resolution and reproducibility. it is always way too clean. noone would be able to publish anythihng. they are just going fishing and making a series of defensible looking "choices" until they get an interesting result.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50090999)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:07 AM
Author: Seedy internal respiration church

90% sounds right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091004)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:23 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/ICPSR/search/studies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091028)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:24 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/ICPSR/view/studies/251457

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091030)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:28 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal national security agency spot

i don't think it's limited to social sciences. 'scientists' can't even decide whether statins and vitamin c are good or bad for you, or whether black holes exist/do not exist.

most of these people are charlatans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091032)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:34 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

the social sciences are the reason you obey authority in this country. are entire legal apparatus is constructed on social science from the 80s supplemented by Obama-era enrichment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091043)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:35 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal national security agency spot

you're telling me this for the first time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091044)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:35 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

how do you think they calculate the unemployment rate that gets reported in the news? take a wild ass guess

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091045)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:39 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

who cares. social sciences are SHIT: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0399-z

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0441-1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091054)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:40 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

look at you trying to change the subject

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091057)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:42 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

You changed it first. The unemployment rate is an official statistical estimate, not the sort of hypothesis driven experimental result I was talking about in the OP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091064)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:44 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

the unemployment rate is calculated using social science. I changed nothing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091067)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:46 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

that's an ignoratio elenchi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091070)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:47 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

you're just low IQ. You've never made an intelligent comment, ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091072)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

Yeah because equivocating over "social science" is the true sign of high iq!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091075)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:55 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

what do you think "social sciences" means? be specific

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091083)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:57 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

You are using the broad sense of social sciences "“anything involving social statistics!” to respond to a criticism about experimental research.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091086)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:58 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

no I'm not. that's a straw man fallacy. you're also dodging the question I just asked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091087)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 1:04 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

I acknowledge that unemployment statistics are part of the social sciences. It's not a big deal. I don't really disagree with you. I don't think social science is totally useless. I just think a lot of the research isn't reproducible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091092)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 1:14 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

within the social sciences there are people who quantitative methodologies and people who use qualitative methodologies. You probably heard about the qualitative methodology bullshit and didn't realize the quantitative side exists. You probably also didn't realize that they do statistics better than researchers in biology and medicine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091105)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 1:29 AM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

I am talking about quantitative research. That's what reproducibility problems apply to. I agree econ has strong quantitative methodology, idk that you can generalize that to sociology and psychology. I think econ researchers generally know more math than bio and medical researchers, but the research generally isn't more empirically valid. Bio research is generally grounded in physical reality. Econ you can have sophisticated math executed perfectly floating on weak assumptions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091118)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 10:51 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

all 28k studies at that ICPSR link are reproducible. I dare you to find one that isn't. I get that you're a crank who worships Karlstack, but you're obviously a lightweight with no idea what the fuck you're talking about. No one takes you seriously and you're obviously not a functioning lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091508)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:07 PM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead

I don't even know who "karlstack" is and I couldn't care less about the "ICPSR". However, I appreciate your passion, and I sincerely hope you find an effective treatment plan for whatever you are currently experiencing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091636)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: ocher exciting location

Date: August 25th, 2026 12:07 PM

Author: The Penis

I don't even know who "karlstack" is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091640)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: French Clear Incel Circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50092633)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Alcoholic plaza

"the unemployment rate is calculated using social science"

Ah yes, the special social science adding machine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50092929)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 11:00 AM
Author: Iridescent motley business firm

Basically the only thing from the social sciences that has proven to be replicable and have meaningful predictive value is IQ testing.

The issue with "social sciences" is that they're filled with shitlibs who do anything they can to "prove" that IQ isn't the innate driving force that it is. Hence nothing they do is replicable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091516)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 11:10 AM
Author: ocher exciting location

(buys annual passes to the creation museum)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50091536)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: White Splenetic Private Investor

I'm a geologist and can attest to the fact that geology is an "investigative" scienc. Most of it cannot be reproduced, it only has patterns. It's fake and gay.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50093047)



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Date: August 25th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: ocher exciting location

no one ITT has linked to an irreproducibile social science study. It's weird because I provided 28,000 social science studies for poasters to select from. How hard is it to find ONE?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5896907&forum_id=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50093132)