In case you don't know: This is (still) one of the best accounts to follow on entire academic twitter/X.

There is much to like in modern science, also in social science. For me, a big disappointment has been to realize how narrowly specialized our fields & incentive structures are. Not much interaction, often living in ignorance about the best work even in neighboring disciplines.

Two days after the US presidential election, it is striking to see on social media how easy it is to predict the future with high accuracy, and even provide detailed mono-causal explanations for why that prediction just had to come true. If you make the prediction in hindsight.

A much needed calming view from our "backyard" at campus this morning, reflecting on the deep uncertainty and difficult times ahead -- for both the US and the world. Collective soul-searching needed.

👋 I'm recruiting a PhD student Kellogg School Northwestern For students interested in themes of morality, AI, social learning, computational social science. Check out my lab here shorturl.at/OcVpx | apps due 12/15 (shorturl.at/028CE)

I am currently writing up a paper testing two hypotheses. We tried it first as a registered report. Rejected because the hypotheses were "too obvious", as they were consistent with existing theory & other findings. Results: One hypothesis supported, precise null for the other.

My early holiday season gift 🎁 to you all is the announcement of our November issue full of science!! There is no time like the "present" to add to your reading lists! 📑 Society for Personality and Social Psychology SPSSI EASP American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science

Interesting replication paper comparing decision market predictions with actual replicability. Successful replication, defined as a statistically significant effect in same direction as the original, was 83% for the top-12 rated findings & 33% for the bottom-12 rated findings.

It is wonderful to be back in a favorite city this week, New York, for a favorite conference, SJDM! Full conference program here: sjdm.org/programs/2024-…

Accepted for publication at IRSP: "Do people believe they are less predictable than others?: Three replications of Pronin and Kugler (2010)'s Experiment 1" Mostly successful, with some nuances. Read: researchgate.net/publication/38… More info below 👇🧵

Ny kronikk om norsk forskningspolitikk i 50-årsperspektiv: 2025 bør markere starten på en storsatsing på våre beste fagmiljøer -- ikke nedbygging av kunnskapssektoren, og et selvsentrert norskkrav som gjør det vanskeligere å tiltrekke seg internasjonale forskertalenter.