David DeSteno
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Psychological Scientist, Author, and host of PRX podcast How God Works (https://t.co/DD857FbcoB). Studying the Science of Emotion, Morality, & Religion.
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A few weeks ago, a former dean at the University of Utah told me she’d rather not tenure social psychologists. Her reason: she doesn’t trust the field’s findings. She has a point. I just published an essay about why so many of my colleagues seem determined to keep proving her right. A decade after the replication crisis, senior figures in psychology are still arguing the audits were flawed, the reforms were unnecessary, and everything was fine all along. Every time they say it, another smart outsider stops listening. speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com/p/a-dean-told-…
Claude mostly avoids sycophancy when giving guidance—it shows up in just 9% of conversations. But the rate is particularly high in conversations on spirituality and relationship guidance.
