Yeah, that’s the ticket — turn scientific integrity over to the Dunning-Kruger crowd. The real problems are institutional, and that’s where the solutions have to come from.

Hi, Mark. I'm sorry I missed your post last week. Here's my reply.

Great take. One extra piece: the real engine isn’t just capital-laundering — it’s cross-field boundary collapse. Economists, scientists, financiers, media, politics all defer sideways instead of checking each other. Horizontality = impunity.

... conditions versus design and power issues?”

... increase replication rates when sample sizes and preregistration are held constant?”
• “How much does theory clarity contribute to effect-size stability compared to statistical and methodological improvements?”
• “What proportion of replication failures can be attributed to missing boundary ...

However, real-world replication failures arise from underpowered designs, statistical inflation, weak measures, and publication incentives. Theory refinement is valuable but secondary to fixing core methodological problems.

Suggested testable forms:
• “Does improved theory specification ...

... alone cannot fix.

Boundary of truth:
Improved theory specification is useful, but only after methodological strength, measurement validity, and statistical reliability are addressed.

Explanation:
The abstract treats theory specification as a primary driver of scientific progress.

Claim:
“Psychological theories must be more formally specified to meet scientific standards and improve research outcomes.”

Breaks because:
Formal specification improves clarity, but replication failures stem from methodological, statistical, and institutional weaknesses that specification ...

You mean like how liberal Christians speak out against conservative Christians? Frankly, that's mostly silence.

Remove the white railing on the left and replace it with the wall color - it would center and complete the scene without the break of white on the left, in my opinion. Of course, if you didn't have that option, then you did a great job with what you had to work with.

Hmmm, right only once?

Scary!

That's one of those sound-good quotes that seem true until you look under the surface and find out that it is possible that your beliefs and behavior can match, leaving you to be an asshole.