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abananayesterday at 12:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, but the books generally take their ideas from the academic publications. And the replication problems, and general incentives around academic publishing, show that all too often, the academic publications in the social sciences are unfortunately no more rigorous than the populist books.


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graemepyesterday at 3:20 PM

That is true, but the popular books both simplify and cherry pick which makes it a whole to worse.