You keep using that word...
April 9, 2016 7:15 AM   Subscribe

I do not think it means what you think it means. An article about terms to avoid in psychology, a guide to bad science writing for the rest of us.
posted by idiopath (5 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Don't link twice, it's alright *harmonica solo* -- cortex



 
As a huge fan of pedantry, I love this kind of thing
The term “mental telepathy,” which appears to be in common currency in the academic literature (e.g., Lüthi, 2013; Sagi-Schwartz et al., 2014), implies erroneously that there are “non-mental” forms of telepathy.
posted by idiopath at 7:16 AM on April 9, 2016


This is a single-link repost of the content that was discussed at http://www.metafilter.com/151872/Fifty-psychological-and-psychiatric-terms-to-avoid
posted by Mr. Justice at 7:21 AM on April 9, 2016


We've done this before.
posted by yesster at 7:22 AM on April 9, 2016


oh, somehow I did not catch that - same link
posted by idiopath at 7:22 AM on April 9, 2016


Double posts bug me so much when I see them, I'm so OCD.
posted by leotrotsky at 7:23 AM on April 9, 2016 [1 favorite]


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