Magnus Lindwall
@proflindwall.bsky.social
Professor i psykologi. Intresserad av motivation, beteendeförändring, fysisk aktivitet, pseudovetenskap och bullshit. Åsikterna mina egna, om jag har rātt, annars andras
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”Vi kan hjälpa er att avslöja pseudovetenskap” | Forskning & Framsteg
Nyligen avslöjade P4 Värmland att Kils kommun använder ett personlighetstest baserat på den så kallade Disc-modellen vid rekrytering. Modellen delar upp människor i fyra färger …
fof.se
Jag och Mattias Lundberg skriver dag i @fof.se om problemet med pseudovetenskap och vad vi kan göra åt det. Öka beställarkompetensen och inför kvalitetssäkringssystem är nycklarna. Vi nämner även en chatbot vi nu utvecklar, för det syftet. fof.se/artikel/vi-k...
A question to my international colleagues who know personality tests: Ive heard several international experts speak much more careful and diplomatic in media about clearly pseudoscientific tests, (like Myers Briggs) than I typically do. How come? Scared of getting into trouble, beubg sued? Or what?
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A question to my international colleagues who know personality tests: Ive heard several international experts speak much more careful and diplomatic in media about clearly pseudoscientific tests, (like Myers Briggs) than I typically do. How come? Scared of getting into trouble, beubg sued? Or what?
Pratade personlighetstester i Aktuellt igår. Kommer in ca 15 minuter in i inslaget. www.svtplay.se/video/jGVL5M...
Aktuellt – Igår 21:00
Återvandring: Debatt om kommunprotest • Bandidos: Förbjuds i Danmark • Personlighetstester: Hur bra funkar det?
www.svtplay.se
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pratade personlighetstester i Aktuellt igår. Kommer in ca 15 minuter in i inslaget. www.svtplay.se/video/jGVL5M...
A new personality type in town? Not likely. Sounds more like when Jung and Marston made up the base for pseudoscience like Myers-Briggs and DISC. Observations by one guy is still not science. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Introvert, extravert, otrovert? There's a new personality type in town
Psychiatrist Rami Kaminski says he has observed a previously unrecognised personality type – the "otrovert". Here is what he thinks these people can teach us
www.newscientist.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new personality type in town? Not likely. Sounds more like when Jung and Marston made up the base for pseudoscience like Myers-Briggs and DISC. Observations by one guy is still not science. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Och vi som trodde det var lite skakigt med rätt kompetens i FHM…
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Och vi som trodde det var lite skakigt med rätt kompetens i FHM…
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
Maybe this time we’re going to discover that language *really is* perilous and needs to be regulated. But we thought that about novels, and about rock lyrics. We had dozens of murders and suicides documentably associated with D&D. This is a topic where anecdotal evidence usually turns out worthless.
Dungeons & Dragons and Burgers: ‘Really Bad Outcomes’ When We Don’t Grasp Fractions
People rely too heavily on anecdotal evidence when looking at complex problems. Author and UVA scientist James Zimring says the solution to better understanding lies in understanding fractions.
news.virginia.edu
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Maybe this time we’re going to discover that language *really is* perilous and needs to be regulated. But we thought that about novels, and about rock lyrics. We had dozens of murders and suicides documentably associated with D&D. This is a topic where anecdotal evidence usually turns out worthless.
Food for thought. Knyter ihop säcken gällande kommande boken om “Psychobusiness” och dålig populärpsykologi
August 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Food for thought. Knyter ihop säcken gällande kommande boken om “Psychobusiness” och dålig populärpsykologi
It is not often we researchers write a letter to scientific journals and criticize a published paper. When we do, often something extraordnary has happened. As in this case.
June 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It is not often we researchers write a letter to scientific journals and criticize a published paper. When we do, often something extraordnary has happened. As in this case.
A scientific debate about how well general executive functioning tests can predict sport performance, in particular in soccer. Based on the evidence at hand, we think they are wildly oversold and hyped. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A scientific debate about how well general executive functioning tests can predict sport performance, in particular in soccer. Based on the evidence at hand, we think they are wildly oversold and hyped. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Pratade personlighetstester igår på Efter fem. Från kuckelimuck till helt ok. www.tv4.se/artikel/7oxQ...
Myndighet la 400 000 kronor på kritiserat personlighetstest
Jämförs med horoskop • ”Kuckelimuckmedicin”
www.tv4.se
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Pratade personlighetstester igår på Efter fem. Från kuckelimuck till helt ok. www.tv4.se/artikel/7oxQ...
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
Alltså...
Vinnova har lagt närmare 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
Vinnova har lagt närmare 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
Myndighet la hundratusentals kronor på utdömt personlighetstest - P4 Värmland
Innovationsmyndigheten Vinnova har lagt knappt 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram, avslöjar P4 Värmland. Men personlighetsteorin ...
www.sverigesradio.se
May 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Alltså...
Vinnova har lagt närmare 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
Vinnova har lagt närmare 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
Då var vi igång igen med pseudovetenskap hos myndigheter. Lägg till Enneagram till listan på sådant ni bör undvika, oavsett syfte. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
Myndighet la hundratusentals kronor på utdömt personlighetstest - P4 Värmland
Innovationsmyndigheten Vinnova har lagt knappt 400 000 kronor på kurser, analyser och workshops i enneagram, avslöjar P4 Värmland. Men personlighetsteorin ...
www.sverigesradio.se
May 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Då var vi igång igen med pseudovetenskap hos myndigheter. Lägg till Enneagram till listan på sådant ni bör undvika, oavsett syfte. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/skat...
All kinds of snake oil is problematic. But for some reasons, AI snake oil feels extra relevant today. Also for us who believs in and uses the new AI tools. Or, perhaps in particular for us…
Read…
Read…
May 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
All kinds of snake oil is problematic. But for some reasons, AI snake oil feels extra relevant today. Also for us who believs in and uses the new AI tools. Or, perhaps in particular for us…
Read…
Read…
On dichotomous thinking and dichotomous AI and language models: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dichot...
May 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On dichotomous thinking and dichotomous AI and language models: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dichot...
Pratar hållbar motivation i arbetslivet i senaste avsnittet av PåJobbetPodden. Blir även en del i början om hur AI och språkmodeller kan skydda oss mot att ta in dyrt skräp och trams (pseudovetenskap). God lyssning och glad påsk!
April 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Pratar hållbar motivation i arbetslivet i senaste avsnittet av PåJobbetPodden. Blir även en del i början om hur AI och språkmodeller kan skydda oss mot att ta in dyrt skräp och trams (pseudovetenskap). God lyssning och glad påsk!
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
Here’s a Harvard student with more courage than the University President www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... via @annaekstrom.bsky.social
I’m an International Student. I Refuse To Be Silenced. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
As an international student, I am well aware that the opinions I express carry a certain degree of risk. Still, I refuse to remain silent. Citizens or not, we all have agency over the direction this c...
www.thecrimson.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Here’s a Harvard student with more courage than the University President www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... via @annaekstrom.bsky.social
Read of the day. A bitter pill to swallow (and is it the right pill to swallow?), but swallow it we should
I wrote about why I’m a disillusioned social scientist—and how hard it is to slay bad theories, while separating the issues into two parts: The Easy Problem of Social Research and The Hard Problem of Social Research. (The latter may be impossible to solve) www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-crisis...
The Crisis of Zombie Social Science
Why it's almost impossible to falsify social science theories and how to fix it.
www.forkingpaths.co
April 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Read of the day. A bitter pill to swallow (and is it the right pill to swallow?), but swallow it we should
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
Ledsen att förstöra er morgon men fick tips om att kursen "Ledarskap för ST-läkare" i Gävleborg utbildar läkarna i DISC-modellen.
www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utb...
www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utb...
March 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Ledsen att förstöra er morgon men fick tips om att kursen "Ledarskap för ST-läkare" i Gävleborg utbildar läkarna i DISC-modellen.
www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utb...
www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utb...
När science blir science fiction i fotboll. Sprid gärna till de som behöver läsa.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/n%C3%A...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/n%C3%A...
När science blir science fiction i fotboll:
Är bra fotbollsspelare verkligen snabbtänkta men mindre tillmötesgående? Och spelar det någon roll?
Lite för bra för att vara sant? Har du också hört på sistone att bra fotbollsspelare tänker snabbare och är bättre på att lösa problem? Och att de ska ha en speciell typ av personlighet, att de är min...
www.linkedin.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
När science blir science fiction i fotboll. Sprid gärna till de som behöver läsa.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/n%C3%A...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/n%C3%A...
Which opening lyrics for a hardrock song best capture what is going on latey in the USA (and spreading to the world):
”Kneel down ye sinners,
to Streetwise religion,
Greed's been crowned the new King”
”Kneel down ye sinners,
to Streetwise religion,
Greed's been crowned the new King”
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Which opening lyrics for a hardrock song best capture what is going on latey in the USA (and spreading to the world):
”Kneel down ye sinners,
to Streetwise religion,
Greed's been crowned the new King”
”Kneel down ye sinners,
to Streetwise religion,
Greed's been crowned the new King”
Reposted by Magnus Lindwall
A very accessible discussion for those not knee deep but keen to understand the potential & limitations of #AI tools in scientific research (me). Since I lean optimistic, I especially appreciated the more cautionary points of @carlbergstrom.com & @jevinwest.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science? | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are being increasingly incorporated into scientific workflows.
However, we have yet to fully grasp the implications of...
www.pnas.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A very accessible discussion for those not knee deep but keen to understand the potential & limitations of #AI tools in scientific research (me). Since I lean optimistic, I especially appreciated the more cautionary points of @carlbergstrom.com & @jevinwest.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....