Max Bazerman
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We know it works. We know the effects are big. We know the world is intrigued by it. Seems perfect.
We know it works. We know the effects are big. We know the world is intrigued by it. Seems perfect.
That's a terrific mythological critique. So what you just said logically makes sense. I think as of the time we were doing these online studies, and there are many of them, I don't think that there was widespread public awareness of the signing of first effect. You know, Ariely and Gino and I talked to lots of executive classes, but I wouldn't say it was a well-known social phenomena.
That's a terrific mythological critique. So what you just said logically makes sense. I think as of the time we were doing these online studies, and there are many of them, I don't think that there was widespread public awareness of the signing of first effect. You know, Ariely and Gino and I talked to lots of executive classes, but I wouldn't say it was a well-known social phenomena.
That's a terrific mythological critique. So what you just said logically makes sense. I think as of the time we were doing these online studies, and there are many of them, I don't think that there was widespread public awareness of the signing of first effect. You know, Ariely and Gino and I talked to lots of executive classes, but I wouldn't say it was a well-known social phenomena.
But I could be wrong, so your methodological critique could be viable. But anyhow, signing first effect With or without a placebo doesn't work online. We got nothing. How surprised were you? Very. And I kind of said, well, let's take a look at what we did. Let's see sort of how we might have messed up the design. Let's try again. So we make some changes, we do it a second time.
But I could be wrong, so your methodological critique could be viable. But anyhow, signing first effect With or without a placebo doesn't work online. We got nothing. How surprised were you? Very. And I kind of said, well, let's take a look at what we did. Let's see sort of how we might have messed up the design. Let's try again. So we make some changes, we do it a second time.
But I could be wrong, so your methodological critique could be viable. But anyhow, signing first effect With or without a placebo doesn't work online. We got nothing. How surprised were you? Very. And I kind of said, well, let's take a look at what we did. Let's see sort of how we might have messed up the design. Let's try again. So we make some changes, we do it a second time.
We make some changes, we do it a third time. Still, no effect, no effect, no effect. And recall, the 2012 paper not only has effects, it has effects across three different studies that are all statistically significant, and the effects are large. So the project clearly transforms somewhere between replication failure three to five.
We make some changes, we do it a third time. Still, no effect, no effect, no effect. And recall, the 2012 paper not only has effects, it has effects across three different studies that are all statistically significant, and the effects are large. So the project clearly transforms somewhere between replication failure three to five.
We make some changes, we do it a third time. Still, no effect, no effect, no effect. And recall, the 2012 paper not only has effects, it has effects across three different studies that are all statistically significant, and the effects are large. So the project clearly transforms somewhere between replication failure three to five.
It's transforming from how do we get people to tell the truth online to a massive replication failure of a pretty visible academic effect. And so after we fail six times, we decide, well, let's go back and do a large-scale replication of one of the original lab studies.
It's transforming from how do we get people to tell the truth online to a massive replication failure of a pretty visible academic effect. And so after we fail six times, we decide, well, let's go back and do a large-scale replication of one of the original lab studies.
It's transforming from how do we get people to tell the truth online to a massive replication failure of a pretty visible academic effect. And so after we fail six times, we decide, well, let's go back and do a large-scale replication of one of the original lab studies.
Certainly, I would feel some sense of maybe guilt is the right word, that my name's on a paper that people are using when I no longer think that they should be using it. But, you know, I didn't think that I was doing anything wrong. And quite honestly, I'm still not thinking fraud at this point. I just don't know what's going on. I'm thinking of cleaning up the record.
Certainly, I would feel some sense of maybe guilt is the right word, that my name's on a paper that people are using when I no longer think that they should be using it. But, you know, I didn't think that I was doing anything wrong. And quite honestly, I'm still not thinking fraud at this point. I just don't know what's going on. I'm thinking of cleaning up the record.
Certainly, I would feel some sense of maybe guilt is the right word, that my name's on a paper that people are using when I no longer think that they should be using it. But, you know, I didn't think that I was doing anything wrong. And quite honestly, I'm still not thinking fraud at this point. I just don't know what's going on. I'm thinking of cleaning up the record.
Ariely and Nina Mazar both continued to argue, well, it works some of the time, it doesn't work other times, and we need to do more studies to find out when it works and when it doesn't. And my attitude, so I won't speak for other co-authors, was to basically say we have plenty of evidence. to conclude that we should tell the world that we have no faith that this effect works.
Ariely and Nina Mazar both continued to argue, well, it works some of the time, it doesn't work other times, and we need to do more studies to find out when it works and when it doesn't. And my attitude, so I won't speak for other co-authors, was to basically say we have plenty of evidence. to conclude that we should tell the world that we have no faith that this effect works.
Ariely and Nina Mazar both continued to argue, well, it works some of the time, it doesn't work other times, and we need to do more studies to find out when it works and when it doesn't. And my attitude, so I won't speak for other co-authors, was to basically say we have plenty of evidence. to conclude that we should tell the world that we have no faith that this effect works.