Displaying all 2 Episode of Two Psychologists Four Beers with the tag “misinformation”.
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Episode 116: Can We Do Science Without Ideology? (with Moin Syed)
January 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
diversity, ideology, misinformation, open science, preregistration
Cultural psychologist and open science advocate Moin Syed joins the show to talk what he thinks people get wrong about ideology, diversity, and open science. We talk about what role, if any, researchers' ideology should play in their science, and what it means when people describe psychological research as "ideological." In the second half of the show, we talk about what people get wrong about preregistration, and why it seems some misconceptions just won't die.
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Episode 61: Bullshit, Misinformation, and What to Do About It (with Gord Pennycook)
January 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 22 mins
academia, beekeeping, bullshit, misinformation
Psychologist Gordon Pennycook joins the show to talk bullshit and misinformation. What is bullshit, and why do some people fall for it more than others? Why does misinformation spread so readily, and what can be done to stop it?