Justin Sulik
@justinsulik.bsky.social
🇿🇦 Postdoc researching psychology of science at LMU Munich 🇩🇪. Current main projects: science denial/trust in science; cognitive diversity among scientists/in collective problem solving. He/him🏳️🌈
No arguments from me. It's both weird and unethical (I had initially focused on the weirdness but I'm very behind calling it unethical too).
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
No arguments from me. It's both weird and unethical (I had initially focused on the weirdness but I'm very behind calling it unethical too).
I do. That's why I just admitted that "happy" was a poor choice of words in the original post. I was wrong to read it uncritically at first. I can see why it's driving frustration.
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I do. That's why I just admitted that "happy" was a poor choice of words in the original post. I was wrong to read it uncritically at first. I can see why it's driving frustration.
I know what the bother is, and it is a *very* serious bother. I have made that explicit several times. If I'm "coming off" a certain way, it's because you're insisting on foregrounding subtext and interpretation over what I'm actually typing.
September 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I know what the bother is, and it is a *very* serious bother. I have made that explicit several times. If I'm "coming off" a certain way, it's because you're insisting on foregrounding subtext and interpretation over what I'm actually typing.
Ok, the OP "happy to live" was misstating the situation. Can we accept that surveillance is commonplace, and that it's surprising to many people just how common place it is?
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Ok, the OP "happy to live" was misstating the situation. Can we accept that surveillance is commonplace, and that it's surprising to many people just how common place it is?
Again, I stress that I know the problems are immense and must be fought and are awful, scary, or whatever negative adjective you want to insert here. Please continue to shit on people acting otherwise. But I'm also interested in the social history of your country so don't shit on me for that.
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Again, I stress that I know the problems are immense and must be fought and are awful, scary, or whatever negative adjective you want to insert here. Please continue to shit on people acting otherwise. But I'm also interested in the social history of your country so don't shit on me for that.
It would be if we were all pretending that the invasive tech is the same as a bit of plastic. We're not (at least, I'm not). I'm sure the OP, too, is aware that Starmer is not proposing a bit of plastic. But we're still allowed to ask "why has Britain historically taken such-and-such an attitude?"
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It would be if we were all pretending that the invasive tech is the same as a bit of plastic. We're not (at least, I'm not). I'm sure the OP, too, is aware that Starmer is not proposing a bit of plastic. But we're still allowed to ask "why has Britain historically taken such-and-such an attitude?"
Nobody said you're all thrilled about it. But visitors to your country often remark on how commonplace it is. So we're allowed to say "it's odd that Britain has done X but been so adverse to Y". I know you're having a different discussion, but no need to get aggro about a parallel discussion.
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nobody said you're all thrilled about it. But visitors to your country often remark on how commonplace it is. So we're allowed to say "it's odd that Britain has done X but been so adverse to Y". I know you're having a different discussion, but no need to get aggro about a parallel discussion.
I don't think you're overreacting. I think the current proposal is beyond awful. I just think calling people stupid for wondering about some features of how Britain got to this point is unnecessary.
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I don't think you're overreacting. I think the current proposal is beyond awful. I just think calling people stupid for wondering about some features of how Britain got to this point is unnecessary.
Yes, but we (globally) are also allowed to discuss historic backgrounds to current events, including commenting on ID cards more generally. It is interesting how Britain has long been gung ho for surveillance but not little plastic ID cards, isn't it? I don't think it's stupid to comment on that.
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Yes, but we (globally) are also allowed to discuss historic backgrounds to current events, including commenting on ID cards more generally. It is interesting how Britain has long been gung ho for surveillance but not little plastic ID cards, isn't it? I don't think it's stupid to comment on that.
Yes, but the OP explicitly said they were wondering about long-standing British attitudes to "a piece of plastic that confirms who you are and has existed in Europe for ages" (in the 2nd post of their thread), not the new digital monstrosity, so I'm following that specific aspect.
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Yes, but the OP explicitly said they were wondering about long-standing British attitudes to "a piece of plastic that confirms who you are and has existed in Europe for ages" (in the 2nd post of their thread), not the new digital monstrosity, so I'm following that specific aspect.
The post I responded to mentioned ID cards which so many countries have, not the new proposal for digital weirdness in the UK. Brits have been expressing disdain for little ID cards long before this new stuff came up, and that was the topic of this thread as far as I can see.
September 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The post I responded to mentioned ID cards which so many countries have, not the new proposal for digital weirdness in the UK. Brits have been expressing disdain for little ID cards long before this new stuff came up, and that was the topic of this thread as far as I can see.
I was struck by a train conductor checking tickets on a Scotrail service having a small camera clipped onto his tie! Bizarre. No idea why that's ok but a little credit-card sized thing in my wallet is a step too far.
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I was struck by a train conductor checking tickets on a Scotrail service having a small camera clipped onto his tie! Bizarre. No idea why that's ok but a little credit-card sized thing in my wallet is a step too far.
Common statistical tests are linear models (or: how to teach stats) share.google/LyqBE6V5Zl41...
Common statistical tests are linear models (or: how to teach stats)
share.google
August 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Common statistical tests are linear models (or: how to teach stats) share.google/LyqBE6V5Zl41...
Similar to what we find (including for visual imagery) in psychology, with cognitive differences predicting researchers' stances on controversial topics/explanatory preferences www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides - Nature Human Behaviour
Scientific disagreements are not just a matter of using different methods or having conflicting data. Sulik et al. surveyed psychological scientists and found that disagreements are also associated wi...
www.nature.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Similar to what we find (including for visual imagery) in psychology, with cognitive differences predicting researchers' stances on controversial topics/explanatory preferences www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Crowdsource the crowdssourcers
June 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Crowdsource the crowdssourcers
Guess it would only really be useful if people are as likely to report good batches as bad ones...
June 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Guess it would only really be useful if people are as likely to report good batches as bad ones...
Cape Town and Edinburgh
May 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Cape Town and Edinburgh
This is the most correct answer.
April 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the most correct answer.
Vital phrase *before* you order anything in a bar/restaurant, esp. outside of Berlin: "Kann ich mit Karte bezahlen?"
Because this country has way more cash-only places than seems reasonable for the 21st century.
Because this country has way more cash-only places than seems reasonable for the 21st century.
April 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Vital phrase *before* you order anything in a bar/restaurant, esp. outside of Berlin: "Kann ich mit Karte bezahlen?"
Because this country has way more cash-only places than seems reasonable for the 21st century.
Because this country has way more cash-only places than seems reasonable for the 21st century.
Came here to say exactly this.
March 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Came here to say exactly this.
If there's space, could you also add me, please? I'm currently working on psychological links between vaccine hesitancy~antibiotic misuse (just at the manuscript writing stage, nothing shareable just yet...)
February 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If there's space, could you also add me, please? I'm currently working on psychological links between vaccine hesitancy~antibiotic misuse (just at the manuscript writing stage, nothing shareable just yet...)