Episode 74: Lies, Damned Lies, and Ashley Madison
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Show Notes
David and Tamler return after an end of summer hiatus to finally talk about the ethics of deception….eventually. But first they break down a recent article in the journal Science documenting an attempt to replicate 100 recent psychology experiments. What does it mean that just over 1/3 of the studies were successfully replicated? Is social psychology in crisis or is this just how science works? Will David somehow try to pin the blame on philosophers?
Plus--a brief and almost certainly regrettable foray into the Ashley Madison hack, the neuroscience of lying to your kids about Santa, and we announce a new way to contact us to help celebrate our 75th anniversary.
Links- Authors, Shitload of (2015) Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science, Science, 39.
- The Bayesian Reproducibility Project post by Alexander Etz [alexanderetz.com]
- Harris, S. (2013). Lying. Four Elephants Press. Buy on Amazon
- Bok, S. (2011) Lying: Moral choice in public and private life. Vintage, 2011. Buy on Amazon
- Santa on the Brain by Kelly Lambert [nytimes.com]
- James Randi (aka "The Amazing Randi") [wikipedia.org]
- An Honest Liar [anhonestliar.com] (Available on Netflix in the U.S.)
- The Honest Truth about Dishonesty [amazon.com affiliate link]
- (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies [thedishonestyproject.com]
- Exit Through the Gift Shop [wikipedia.org]
- F for Fake [imdb.com]