76. Adam Mastroianni: Paradigms in psychology, science as a strong-link problem, and The Psycholo...

Adam Mastroianni is a scientist who writes the Substack 'Experimental History'. This is our second conversation. We discuss science as a strong-link problem, why everyone is allowed to do science, and some of Adam's suggestions for how science can be done differently.

Timestamps
0:00:00: Adam's Substack is now his main thing
0:05:32: Paradigms in psychology
0:16:40: Who's allowed to do science? Science as a strong-link problem
0:36:41: A fleet of ships, The Psychology House, and Dan Gilbert's supervsion
1:06:53: How to cultivate good feedback
1:13:20: A book, paper, or blog post more people should read
1:16:26: Something Adam wishes he'd learnt sooner
1:18:34: Any advice for PhD students or postdocs?

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References
Cosmides & Tooby (2015). Neurocognitive adaptations designed for social exchange. The handbook of evo psych.
Gilbert (2006). Stumbling on happiness.
Hesse (1922). Siddhartha.
Richerson & Boyd (1978). A dual inheritance model of the human evolutionary process. J of Soc and Bio Structu