smooch
smooch@hachyderm.io
<p>KISS EVERYTHING: the KISS principle (plus other software-engineering principles and practices), applied to EVERYTHING (kinda)</p><p>Profile image shows a cropped section of tree trunk, with a branch left and right, and three knots arranged like two eyes and a little pouty mouth (in a somewhat derpy face)</p><p>Banner shows a tree line around an edge section of a city park in autumn, with a canopy and carpet of brown, orange and yellow leaves, contrasting a small area of green grass which remains visible</p>
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Post #3019955
The &quot;surface trap&quot; There&#39;s a human tendency to fixate on the significance of the framing of details within our special-interest domains; as if they (details) belong absolutely to the domain, and are therefore absolutely distinct from the same details within other domains. I think deep down, we known this isn&#39;t true, yet we can&#39;t help ourselves from latching-on to the deceit... We see examples all over society: from the heady heights of the special-doma...
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Post #3019954
@nonzerosumjames 👀 💪 😉
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Post #3019953
Hello @tomstafford , I&#39;ll dive right in ;) Who might I talk to about a metascience related observation, on a specific set of (problematic) characteristics of scientific study (&amp; respective artefacts thereof), which are simultaneously:- 1) so seemingly fundamental and intangible as to have gone unnoticed (?) until now, albeit helpfully; 2) straight-forward enough to describe plainly (and quite obvious once noticed and understood), and which; 3) can be shown (even at high-lev...
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Post #3019952
Hi @Iris , I recently read your metascience paper &quot;Theory Before the Test: How to Build High-Verisimilitude Explanatory Theories in Psychological Science&quot; — which happens to align well with (and therefore gives tremendous weight to) my attempts to examine &amp; formalise a practical framework/tools for &quot;theoretic cycle(s)&quot;; albeit based-upon/ through-the-lens-of practical pursuits (like engineering and industry). I&#39;d like to get involved in meta...