Daniel Lakens
@lakens.bsky.social
Metascience, statistics, psychology, philosophy of science. Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Omnia probate. 🇪🇺
At least people can be heard when you create an ontology. Matters a lot. I think the way to go is to use preregistration as the term was meant - time stamped study rational and analysis plan made before access to data. Now, how difficult was that? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At least people can be heard when you create an ontology. Matters a lot. I think the way to go is to use preregistration as the term was meant - time stamped study rational and analysis plan made before access to data. Now, how difficult was that? 😂
I think the issue is that the first author comes from a different field and wants to say 'hey psychologists, you do not get to tell others who used different names what to call things!' The thing is, we will.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think the issue is that the first author comes from a different field and wants to say 'hey psychologists, you do not get to tell others who used different names what to call things!' The thing is, we will.
Of course words are used in different ways. Metascience means 3 completely different things. Open science will never be a clear concept. Preregistration is perfectly clear. It will come to mean one thing in less than a decade. Registered Reports already mean only 1 thing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Of course words are used in different ways. Metascience means 3 completely different things. Open science will never be a clear concept. Preregistration is perfectly clear. It will come to mean one thing in less than a decade. Registered Reports already mean only 1 thing.
Incompetence is a thing, regrettably, also in science. Factual errors like this are a valid reason to submit a rebuttal at our grant funder, I hope at yourself as well.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Incompetence is a thing, regrettably, also in science. Factual errors like this are a valid reason to submit a rebuttal at our grant funder, I hope at yourself as well.
It is indeed nostalgic! It was an exciting time, where many of the improvements we consider normal today were developed and discussed. It also reminds us that change might not be easy, but it is possible.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It is indeed nostalgic! It was an exciting time, where many of the improvements we consider normal today were developed and discussed. It also reminds us that change might not be easy, but it is possible.
Yes! I did it a few months ago, and it was very easy to do. rogue-scholar.org
Rogue Scholar
rogue-scholar.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yes! I did it a few months ago, and it was very easy to do. rogue-scholar.org
Regrettably it is not possible to automatically scrape that content. I would be happy to add any additional sources people have for me, but I already spent around 4 weeks archiving these blogs, so someone else needs to do the Facebook posts!
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Regrettably it is not possible to automatically scrape that content. I would be happy to add any additional sources people have for me, but I already spent around 4 weeks archiving these blogs, so someone else needs to do the Facebook posts!
Thanks. I agree. Both historically, as intellectually interesting content. A lot of it will not be saved. But I am happy I could archive this little area.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks. I agree. Both historically, as intellectually interesting content. A lot of it will not be saved. But I am happy I could archive this little area.
This is part of the reason I wanted to share this. A lot of people were not involved in the time when these discussions were most active (2012 to 2014ish although it stayed active until around 2017). It was quite amazing, some of the things that were said.
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is part of the reason I wanted to share this. A lot of people were not involved in the time when these discussions were most active (2012 to 2014ish although it stayed active until around 2017). It was quite amazing, some of the things that were said.
That is a metascience study waiting to happen!
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
That is a metascience study waiting to happen!
Reposted by Daniel Lakens
Really enjoyed this!
I esp loved the discussion of reverse p-hacking as a means of purposely generating null results. I could picture this happening more as null results become more acceptable--it'd be yet another way of creating a "clear story." Might I suggest calling it: "p-stacking"? 😉
I esp loved the discussion of reverse p-hacking as a means of purposely generating null results. I could picture this happening more as null results become more acceptable--it'd be yet another way of creating a "clear story." Might I suggest calling it: "p-stacking"? 😉
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Really enjoyed this!
I esp loved the discussion of reverse p-hacking as a means of purposely generating null results. I could picture this happening more as null results become more acceptable--it'd be yet another way of creating a "clear story." Might I suggest calling it: "p-stacking"? 😉
I esp loved the discussion of reverse p-hacking as a means of purposely generating null results. I could picture this happening more as null results become more acceptable--it'd be yet another way of creating a "clear story." Might I suggest calling it: "p-stacking"? 😉
It is the next one, out the 14th of November! So a bit of patience :)
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It is the next one, out the 14th of November! So a bit of patience :)
I just edited the podcast on int (out the 14th nulliusinverba.podbean.com) and read more - including Collins latest (2012) book on it - and I have to conclude it really just isn't a thing. It will be a nice episode to listen to.
Nullius in Verba | Smriti Mehta and Daniël Lakens
Nullius in Verba is a podcast about science—what it is and what it could be. It is hosted by Smriti Mehta from UC Berkeley and Daniël Lakens from Eindhoven University of Technology. <br /><br /><br />...
nulliusinverba.podbean.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I just edited the podcast on int (out the 14th nulliusinverba.podbean.com) and read more - including Collins latest (2012) book on it - and I have to conclude it really just isn't a thing. It will be a nice episode to listen to.