I don't know if I want to spread this around, because I prefer there to be more…

Posted by Dustin on August 18, 2013 Leave a comment (7) Go to comments

I don't know if I want to spread this around, because I prefer there to be more people apologizing not less.

However, it's psychology research, so it's likely to be wrong anyway!

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Refusing to apologize can have psychological benefits (and we issue no mea culpa for this research finding) – Okimoto – 2012 – European Journal of Social Psychology – Wiley Online Library
You have free access to this content. Refusing to apologize can have psychological benefits (and we issue no mea culpa for this research finding). Tyler G. Okimoto1,*,; Michael Wenzel2,; Kyli Hedrick3. Article first published online: 4 NOV 2012. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1901 …

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7 Comments.

Tonia Addison-Hall August 18, 2013 at 5:20 pm

Uh… Why do they do these "studies" that tell us something we already know?

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Dustin Wyatt August 18, 2013 at 5:26 pm

+Tonia Addison-HallÂ Because a lot of things we think we already know turn out to be wrong.

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Tonia Addison-Hall August 18, 2013 at 6:12 pm

Sometimes, yes. Usually, no. It just seems like a waste of money to me.

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Dustin Wyatt August 18, 2013 at 6:19 pm

And how will you know when you're wrong?

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Tonia Addison-Hall August 18, 2013 at 6:41 pm

This is not something to spend grant money on, is all I'm saying. There are many, many more things we need to know.

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Dustin Wyatt August 19, 2013 at 3:19 pm

That's a different issue from whether or not we think we already know the answer.

Who decides what science is worth doing?

We often don't know something is "worth" doing until after we've done it.

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Tonia Addison-Hall August 19, 2013 at 3:47 pm

I disagree but let's just leave it at agree to disagree. 🙂

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