What kind of psychopath would sit right next to a stranger when the farther away seat is empty??

Working in Academia is the most toxic thing I've ever experienced, so none of this is surprising

I thought of a tomato. 🍅 I’ve never successfully grown carrots.

Just a reminder. Question everything and everyone. Including your own beliefs. Critical thinking is in short supply, unfortunately.

They're the kind of juvenile theories a 12 year old would come up with.

The fact that these “researchers” end up giving Ted Talks is not surprising 🙄

Diederik Stapel (1966) was a Dutch social psychologist who obtained his Ph.D. cum laude at the University of Amsterdam (in 1997 In 1992 I studied with him. We had to present our graduation studies in public. I remembered how his research data perfectly represented his expectation. I asked my fellow students how this was possible? Was Stapel a genius? Rest is history ....

Scientists like this are responsible for the public's distrust in science.

Its scary how influential many of these grifters are in shaping restrictive laws and regulations.

He published a study demonstrating that standing outside of a physical box made respondents "more creative"  AND NOBODY CALLED BULLSHIT????

No one wants to sit next to a pile of trash regardless of whoever is near it. The claim itself sends all arm bells.

Nothing unusual  about academics, people of authority, or in positions of trust telling lies.

I was thinking "I don't have a garden"

I am completely unsurprised that people did not sit near or amongst the litter and trash.The reason is obvious.

@6:12 on the right image: NO ONE should sit that close with some much free space.

“There is a sucker born every minute.” -PT Barnum

I am:  1.  a social psychologist, 2.  I teach at a business school and 3.  I study power poses.  Three strikes and you are out.

Or maybe people don’t want to sit in garbage.

I sit at my desk with a skeptical pose.  Then I feel skeptical as a result…

I thought of a tomato. Then I remembered tomato is a fruit, then I thought of lettuce 🥬