Mehmet Necip Tunc
@mntunc.bsky.social
Interested in psychology and philosophy of science.
In Philosophy of Nature, Feyerabend says that his position can be seen as exploring the implications of Levi-Strauss' ideas on myths for the phil of sci. I think it's a fascinating connection, especially given his indirect but significant influence on STS & the strong programme.
June 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In Philosophy of Nature, Feyerabend says that his position can be seen as exploring the implications of Levi-Strauss' ideas on myths for the phil of sci. I think it's a fascinating connection, especially given his indirect but significant influence on STS & the strong programme.
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Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce this new $900,000 project headed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social
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Im sorry for empowering trump to attack science by my asking people to use better data management and statistical practices. I take full responsibility for my actions and apologize to those who could so obviously see how my efforts would be responsible for ending American science.
May 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Im sorry for empowering trump to attack science by my asking people to use better data management and statistical practices. I take full responsibility for my actions and apologize to those who could so obviously see how my efforts would be responsible for ending American science.
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The motto of some anti trumpers in science. these days: let 1000 wansink and staple bloom!
May 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The motto of some anti trumpers in science. these days: let 1000 wansink and staple bloom!
The View From Nowhere is the name of a book written by T. Nagel, often quoted to demonstrate the absurdity of the "positivist" position. The position attributed to Nagel is criticized as impossible and mythical, especially by those who emphasize the inevitability of different standpoints in science.
May 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The View From Nowhere is the name of a book written by T. Nagel, often quoted to demonstrate the absurdity of the "positivist" position. The position attributed to Nagel is criticized as impossible and mythical, especially by those who emphasize the inevitability of different standpoints in science.
1/ But what about the counterargument that conventional evidential thresholds (like p < 0.05) are arbitrary? Doesn’t “God love .06 as much as .05”?
1/ In our recent paper with
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
May 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
1/ But what about the counterargument that conventional evidential thresholds (like p < 0.05) are arbitrary? Doesn’t “God love .06 as much as .05”?
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1/ In our recent paper with
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1/ In our recent paper with
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
1/ In our recent paper with
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1/ In our recent paper with
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
@uygun_tunc
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25196/), we defend the use of conventional alpha levels (e.g., 0.05, 0.01, or 5 sigma) in scientific inference. We challenge the claim that these thresholds should be set in a value-laden or context-dependent way. 🧵👇
Today I learned that Kepler was not only one of the pioneers of the scientific revolution, but also one of the first people to write a science fiction novel. The plot of the novel, named Somnium (Latin for dream), has also very interesting parallels with Kepler’s life & work. 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Today I learned that Kepler was not only one of the pioneers of the scientific revolution, but also one of the first people to write a science fiction novel. The plot of the novel, named Somnium (Latin for dream), has also very interesting parallels with Kepler’s life & work. 🧵
I will write a few threads about operationalism in the coming days. In an undertheorized field like psychology, this philosophical position is very attractive to researchers because it seems to solve the problem of definition. But there is a price we pay for it.
July 1, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I will write a few threads about operationalism in the coming days. In an undertheorized field like psychology, this philosophical position is very attractive to researchers because it seems to solve the problem of definition. But there is a price we pay for it.
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There is great interest in the "high replicability" paper. We submitted a draft correction, response to commentary, and response to a follow-up criticism at the end of December.
There's a lot of content. So it is very understandable that the review process is taking some time. Sorry for the delay.
There's a lot of content. So it is very understandable that the review process is taking some time. Sorry for the delay.
March 28, 2024 at 10:02 AM
There is great interest in the "high replicability" paper. We submitted a draft correction, response to commentary, and response to a follow-up criticism at the end of December.
There's a lot of content. So it is very understandable that the review process is taking some time. Sorry for the delay.
There's a lot of content. So it is very understandable that the review process is taking some time. Sorry for the delay.
The main function of (both close and conceptual) replication studies is to reduce the inferential risk due to underdetermination through testing potentially problematic auxiliary assumptions, thereby increasing overall test severity.
March 14, 2024 at 2:17 AM
The main function of (both close and conceptual) replication studies is to reduce the inferential risk due to underdetermination through testing potentially problematic auxiliary assumptions, thereby increasing overall test severity.
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People seem surprised there is a lot of variety within the movement for better research practices. But of course there is! This paper by @uyguntunc.bsky.social and @mntunc.bsky.social analyzes some of these disagreements, and is a good read:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
December 2, 2023 at 1:37 PM
People seem surprised there is a lot of variety within the movement for better research practices. But of course there is! This paper by @uyguntunc.bsky.social and @mntunc.bsky.social analyzes some of these disagreements, and is a good read:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Special issue: "Is psychology self-correcting? Reflections on the Credibility Revolution in Social and Personality Psychology." Edited by @simine.com and I.
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
November 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Special issue: "Is psychology self-correcting? Reflections on the Credibility Revolution in Social and Personality Psychology." Edited by @simine.com and I.
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
Check out the nine articles with diverse perspectives and approaches to examining the reform movement:
spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...
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Hello World;
This is finally out!
Thanks to all who have been helpful in making, editing, advising, and publishing it. Love to hear some feedback about it from people who read it, please write me up in case!
Now it is time to write how the challenge is accepted.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This is finally out!
Thanks to all who have been helpful in making, editing, advising, and publishing it. Love to hear some feedback about it from people who read it, please write me up in case!
Now it is time to write how the challenge is accepted.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 14, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Hello World;
This is finally out!
Thanks to all who have been helpful in making, editing, advising, and publishing it. Love to hear some feedback about it from people who read it, please write me up in case!
Now it is time to write how the challenge is accepted.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This is finally out!
Thanks to all who have been helpful in making, editing, advising, and publishing it. Love to hear some feedback about it from people who read it, please write me up in case!
Now it is time to write how the challenge is accepted.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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There are two critiques in the Science Magazine story of the prospective replication project that are worth taking seriously.
A short thread...
www.science.org/content/arti...
A short thread...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Our paper "High replicability of newly discovered
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
There are two critiques in the Science Magazine story of the prospective replication project that are worth taking seriously.
A short thread...
www.science.org/content/arti...
A short thread...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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When you discover new effects using preregistration, high power, & replicate faithfully with open materials, you get a replication rate of 86% & effect sizes 97% as big!
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2023 at 4:11 PM
When you discover new effects using preregistration, high power, & replicate faithfully with open materials, you get a replication rate of 86% & effect sizes 97% as big!
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our paper "High replicability of newly discovered
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Our paper "High replicability of newly discovered
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
social-behavioral findings is achievable" appears today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Just as the large replications provided an inflection point in identifying replicability challenges, this paper does so for solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Mehmet Necip Tunc
Here too for the X-boycotters: 1st 1st author manuscript, elated, etc. etc., let’s get to it: We need more high-quality norms in psychology and traditional sampling and norming techniques won’t get us there. MRP can help, though!
October 31, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Here too for the X-boycotters: 1st 1st author manuscript, elated, etc. etc., let’s get to it: We need more high-quality norms in psychology and traditional sampling and norming techniques won’t get us there. MRP can help, though!
This is the biggest "political" achievement of the reform movement to date and I congratulate everyone who made it possible, & especially @simine.com. I'd like to share a few random thoughts about the evolution of the mvmnt from a protest mvmnt to a mvmnt that increasingly defines the mainstream 🧵
On further reflection, the selection of @simine.com as Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science is one of the most important milestones for the reform movement in psychology.
There will be impact on the journal, sure. But more, selecting a committed, visible reformer illustrates its normalization.
There will be impact on the journal, sure. But more, selecting a committed, visible reformer illustrates its normalization.
October 6, 2023 at 10:40 PM
This is the biggest "political" achievement of the reform movement to date and I congratulate everyone who made it possible, & especially @simine.com. I'd like to share a few random thoughts about the evolution of the mvmnt from a protest mvmnt to a mvmnt that increasingly defines the mainstream 🧵