Marcus Crede
@marcuscrede.bsky.social
Grumpy IO psychologist with an interest in research methods, meta-science and personality. Views are my own and not those of my employer.
Begrawe my hart op Klein Tambotieboom en strooi my as oor die Bosveld horison
Begrawe my hart op Klein Tambotieboom en strooi my as oor die Bosveld horison
I am hoping to recruit a graduate student for next year. That person would help conduct research on leadership, individual differences, and methodological skullduggery. Please forward to any potentially interested students.
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am hoping to recruit a graduate student for next year. That person would help conduct research on leadership, individual differences, and methodological skullduggery. Please forward to any potentially interested students.
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I’ve been out of fucks for a very long time but if you’re not quite there… give this article a read!
“Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore”
www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...
“Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore”
www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
www.blog.lifebranches.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’ve been out of fucks for a very long time but if you’re not quite there… give this article a read!
“Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore”
www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...
“Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore”
www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...
It's been more than 7 months since I alerted an APA editor to serious statistical impossibilities and discrepancies in papers published in their journal by the same set of authors. How can it take 7 months to "investigate" something that can be confirmed on the back of napkin in 5 minutes?
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's been more than 7 months since I alerted an APA editor to serious statistical impossibilities and discrepancies in papers published in their journal by the same set of authors. How can it take 7 months to "investigate" something that can be confirmed on the back of napkin in 5 minutes?
I appreciate the intention but I really wish that faculty paid much less attention to these personal statements. You have no idea who wrote them (esp. in the age of LLMs) and applicants for whom English is not their primary language may be stellar but not be able to ace these types of nuances.
It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.
Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
Caveats:
-*-*-*-*
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I appreciate the intention but I really wish that faculty paid much less attention to these personal statements. You have no idea who wrote them (esp. in the age of LLMs) and applicants for whom English is not their primary language may be stellar but not be able to ace these types of nuances.
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I have the mathematical ability of a marmot and yet my Erdös number is apparently 4.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I have the mathematical ability of a marmot and yet my Erdös number is apparently 4.
This. Most "high impact factor" journals publish some absolute BS nonsense and "low impact factor" journals publish stellar stuff. If you want to base your evaluations of an article on citations (please don't) then base it on the citations that the article garners - not on those of other paper.
That merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This. Most "high impact factor" journals publish some absolute BS nonsense and "low impact factor" journals publish stellar stuff. If you want to base your evaluations of an article on citations (please don't) then base it on the citations that the article garners - not on those of other paper.
RIP Daniel Naroditsky.
October 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
RIP Daniel Naroditsky.
Go home APA - you are drunk. Just got an e-mail from an APA journal reminding me that my review was due on 25th October and that it is now -5 days late.
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Go home APA - you are drunk. Just got an e-mail from an APA journal reminding me that my review was due on 25th October and that it is now -5 days late.
I've learnt far too late that the secret to being a "successful" academic is making one finding or phenomenon your entire identity and then just cudgeling that thing to death for the next 40 years. Ideally you should be able to report at least 100 p-hacked 2x2 ANOVAs.
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've learnt far too late that the secret to being a "successful" academic is making one finding or phenomenon your entire identity and then just cudgeling that thing to death for the next 40 years. Ideally you should be able to report at least 100 p-hacked 2x2 ANOVAs.
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Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
PROCESS mediation analysis shows ....
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
PROCESS mediation analysis shows ....
Power posing boosts testosterone.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Manuscript Central Account Opened
Manuscript Central Account Opened
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
The football is open.
The football is open.
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Power posing boosts testosterone.
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Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.
I am so pissed that these companies - who must have known about this shit - did not pull their products off the shelves.
For those regularly baking with Casava flour please be aware that many/most commercially available flours appear to be massively contaminated with lead. More than 20 times the recommended daily limit in even a quarter cup.
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
Some Popular Gluten-Free Foods Contain Lead Levels 23 Times Higher Than Safe Limits, According to a New Investigation
Though touted as a gut-friendly alternative, cassava may pose hidden risks. Consumer Reports tested 27 cassava-based foods and found several with lead levels far beyond what’s considered safe. The fin...
www.foodandwine.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I am so pissed that these companies - who must have known about this shit - did not pull their products off the shelves.
For those regularly baking with Casava flour please be aware that many/most commercially available flours appear to be massively contaminated with lead. More than 20 times the recommended daily limit in even a quarter cup.
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
Some Popular Gluten-Free Foods Contain Lead Levels 23 Times Higher Than Safe Limits, According to a New Investigation
Though touted as a gut-friendly alternative, cassava may pose hidden risks. Consumer Reports tested 27 cassava-based foods and found several with lead levels far beyond what’s considered safe. The fin...
www.foodandwine.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For those regularly baking with Casava flour please be aware that many/most commercially available flours appear to be massively contaminated with lead. More than 20 times the recommended daily limit in even a quarter cup.
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
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Why is this not getting more attention in my academic feeds. A professor got doxed and death-threats, tried to leave the US, and is not being allowed to. Connect the dots.
At my institution, a professor is being blocked from leaving the US after death threats for teaching on anti-fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Why is this not getting more attention in my academic feeds. A professor got doxed and death-threats, tried to leave the US, and is not being allowed to. Connect the dots.
Only very serious management scholars get to conduct an experiment that shows no difference between the treatment and control group and then report that the treatment had an effect because of "mediation" ™.
a poster for only murders in the building shows a man in a blue suit
ALT: a poster for only murders in the building shows a man in a blue suit
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October 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Only very serious management scholars get to conduct an experiment that shows no difference between the treatment and control group and then report that the treatment had an effect because of "mediation" ™.
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United States academic landscape got you down? Apply to join my lab at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada!
I’m planning to accept a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Additional information:
https://www.uregina.ca/academics/programs/arts/master-phd-clinical-psychology.html
I’m planning to accept a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Additional information:
https://www.uregina.ca/academics/programs/arts/master-phd-clinical-psychology.html
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
United States academic landscape got you down? Apply to join my lab at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada!
I’m planning to accept a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Additional information:
https://www.uregina.ca/academics/programs/arts/master-phd-clinical-psychology.html
I’m planning to accept a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Additional information:
https://www.uregina.ca/academics/programs/arts/master-phd-clinical-psychology.html
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Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
I sure hope that all those psychology academics making fun of the causal claims made by Trump et al about the Tylenol - Autism observational data will stop reporting mediation analyses based on observational data. I'm not holding my breath.
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I sure hope that all those psychology academics making fun of the causal claims made by Trump et al about the Tylenol - Autism observational data will stop reporting mediation analyses based on observational data. I'm not holding my breath.
Consider this your annual reminder that Cosmic Crisp is King/Queen of apple varietals.
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Consider this your annual reminder that Cosmic Crisp is King/Queen of apple varietals.
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Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?
September 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?
Happy to report that I was able to get a Covid shot in Iowa without any problem.
September 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy to report that I was able to get a Covid shot in Iowa without any problem.
Does anyone know if the International Cognitive Ability Resource is still active? I've been hoping to get access to some of their resources but have not heard back after applying a week ago. If not, is there another resource for open-source cognitive ability assessment that someone can point me to?
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Does anyone know if the International Cognitive Ability Resource is still active? I've been hoping to get access to some of their resources but have not heard back after applying a week ago. If not, is there another resource for open-source cognitive ability assessment that someone can point me to?