Don Lynam
@drlynam.bsky.social
Professor of Psychological Sciences / Music, cocktails, personality, & open science / Perpetually disappointed in the field / Opinions are often strongly stated
https://sites.google.com/view/donald-lynam/home
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-498
https://sites.google.com/view/donald-lynam/home
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-498
It was a great show. I wish there was a bit more foot stomping and hand clapping from the crowd though. Especially for the last number--ain't no grave.
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It was a great show. I wish there was a bit more foot stomping and hand clapping from the crowd though. Especially for the last number--ain't no grave.
Fair. Tomorrow I will be waiting out Halloween at my favorite gastropub.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Fair. Tomorrow I will be waiting out Halloween at my favorite gastropub.
Reposted by Don Lynam
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Refine your hypotheses all you want while engaging with the data, just test those new predictions in a new dataset and be transparent about your process.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Refine your hypotheses all you want while engaging with the data, just test those new predictions in a new dataset and be transparent about your process.
The better word might have been predictions. The data set I mean to refer to is the one with which you are about to engage.
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The better word might have been predictions. The data set I mean to refer to is the one with which you are about to engage.
Any closed science apologia is bound to be loved by a fair number of folks in the field.
October 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Any closed science apologia is bound to be loved by a fair number of folks in the field.
Power schmower and what's a few type I errors among friends?
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Power schmower and what's a few type I errors among friends?
I’ll end where I often do:
However you configure the pieces, psychopathy is low Agreeableness (antagonism/meanness), low Conscientiousness (disinhibition), low Neuroticism, and high Extraversion — the “old” boldness.
TYFCTMTT
7/7
However you configure the pieces, psychopathy is low Agreeableness (antagonism/meanness), low Conscientiousness (disinhibition), low Neuroticism, and high Extraversion — the “old” boldness.
TYFCTMTT
7/7
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’ll end where I often do:
However you configure the pieces, psychopathy is low Agreeableness (antagonism/meanness), low Conscientiousness (disinhibition), low Neuroticism, and high Extraversion — the “old” boldness.
TYFCTMTT
7/7
However you configure the pieces, psychopathy is low Agreeableness (antagonism/meanness), low Conscientiousness (disinhibition), low Neuroticism, and high Extraversion — the “old” boldness.
TYFCTMTT
7/7
If you call antagonism “boldness,” you haven’t clarified the construct—you’ve renamed it.
The new scale makes both noises at once: it jingles with the old boldness and jangles with meanness.
6/7
The new scale makes both noises at once: it jingles with the old boldness and jangles with meanness.
6/7
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you call antagonism “boldness,” you haven’t clarified the construct—you’ve renamed it.
The new scale makes both noises at once: it jingles with the old boldness and jangles with meanness.
6/7
The new scale makes both noises at once: it jingles with the old boldness and jangles with meanness.
6/7
Unfortunately, the new scale correlates twice as strongly with TriPM Meanness as with TriPM Boldness. When we ran ICCs across samples—its nomological net leans much more mean than bold.
5/7
5/7
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Unfortunately, the new scale correlates twice as strongly with TriPM Meanness as with TriPM Boldness. When we ran ICCs across samples—its nomological net leans much more mean than bold.
5/7
5/7