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Half of what psychology told you didn't replicate.

"A team tried to reproduce 100 famous psychology studies. About a third held up. How to read any 'studies show' claim — including this channel's — with the right amount of doubt."

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Timestamps

  • 0:00100 experiments, redone
  • 0:40What 'didn't replicate' means
  • 3:00How to read a psych claim

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Take-aways

01'Studies show' is a starting point, not a verdict.

Small samples + p-hacking produced confident, false results for decades.

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