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The article discusses a study comparing psychedelic enthusiasts with a general population sample to examine whether self-reported quality-of-life benefits from psychedelic experiences are inflated by selection bias. It highlights how differences in mindset, setting, motivation, and personality may influence reported outcomes, suggesting caution in interpreting psychedelic research that relies on highly engaged user groups.

The topic is of interest to readers with an interest in psychology because it addresses methodological issues in how experiences and personality traits can shape self-reported psychological outcomes, illustrating the importance of sample sourcing and bias considerations in research interpretation.

Article Title: Are the benefits of psychedelics exaggerated? A new study highlights the problem of selection bias

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/are-the-benefits-of-psychedelics-exaggerated-a-new-study-highlights-the-problem-of-selection-bias/

#psychedelics #psychology #researchbias #qualityoflife #selectionbias #methodology #psychedelicresearch #samplebias #personality #mindset

Eric Maugendre on collectives May 3

If meetings don't deliver, change format.
Example:
Unlike COPs, the purpose was to "debate practical ways to move away from coal, oil and gas".
The representatives described the conference as a “safe space for discussion”. Said a rep: “That kind of space I haven’t seen in my 10-year history with the UNFCCC.”

The representatives have walked away with plans for three workstreams:
a. to develop national “roadmaps” to move away from fossil fuels,
b. to design new tools to address fossil-fuel subsidies – with support by the International Institute for Sustainable Development #IISD
c. to connect fossil fuel producers and consumers to address carbon-intensive trade – with support by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development #OECD

More:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/santa-marta-key-outcomes-from-first-summit-on-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels/
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68dc91a7e566d74a91e8e22d/t/69f2979327f294060a2cb53d/1777506195819/TAFF+Conference_Co-host+Takeaways_DEF.pdf
https://transitionawayconference.com/methodoloy

#safeSpace #safety #personalSafety #climate #TAFF #meetings #methodology #facilitation #safeSpaces

Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈Apr 29

@scot1200.bsky.social That's not new but it's all true. Here's the most recent big @[email protected] article about this topic. A double dip on a #skyscraper project in #Chicago. He's a lifelong #criminal. And #America has rewarded his #methodology. It's broke broke.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dt3hxks7y2ziaf3zg4nfouki/post/3mkm63cstz22y

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Hacker News Apr 27

"Why not just use Lean?"

https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2026/04/23/Why_not_Lean.html

#HackerNews #Lean #Programming #Lean #Methodology #Software #Development #Hacker #News #Tech #Insights

"Why not just use Lean?"

Protyus A. Gendher Apr 26

Reporting #methodology has changed — repeatedly and #inconsistently — and those changes shape what the public sees, what #policymakers respond to, and what communities are forced to absorb in silence.

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/04/26/u-s-mass-shootings-definitions-five-year-context-and-how-reporting-methodology-shaped-the-story/

U.S. MASS SHOOTINGS: DEFINITIONS, FIVE‑YEAR CONTEXT, AND HOW REPORTING METHODOLOGY SHAPED THE STORY

1. 2026 YEAR‑TO‑DATE (BROAD DEFINITION: GVA — 4+ SHOT) 98 mass shootings as of March 31, 2026 115 killed, 377 wounded Pace remains high through April based on real‑time logs How reporting dynamics …

Survivor Literacy

Andrew Shields Apr 22

Nine groups of three discussing the nine lines of “The Other One”, by The Grateful Dead. #111Words #TheOtherOne #BobWeir #BillKreutzmann #AnthemOfTheSun #TheGratefulDead #Class #Teaching #Discussion #Interpretation #Blackboard #Methodology #Pedagogy #Music https://111-words.ghost.io/nine-groups-of-three-discussing-the-nine-lines-of-the-other-one-by-the-grateful-dead/

Nine groups of three discussing the nine lines of “The Other One”, by The Grateful Dead

For class today, I printed the two quatrains and the one-line chorus of "The Other One", by Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead, "Anthem of the Sun", 1968), three times and cut them into three sets of nine one-line strips each. I carefully handed out the strips to

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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈Apr 18

...and came in with a good prompt drilling for guidance on tactics and strategy, not vision. I have the big picture. I have a #methodology. I don't have #leverage. The right kind of account growth is the only kind that matters. I've been reading some of that research. I have a lot of work to do! 🔦🔦🔦

3i/Atlas Apr 17

NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=nasa-artemis-ii-human-research-data-methodology-challenge
<p>NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) uses research to develop methods to protect the health and
#methodology #challenge #research #artemis

NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge

NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) uses research to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in space. In support of NASA’s goals for long-term missions on the surface of t...

Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌺🌞🍃Apr 15

#statstab #526 A Meta-Analysis of the Impact and Heterogeneity of Explicit Demand Characteristics

Thoughts: The impact of the design on conclusions is under-appreciated

#demandcharacteristics #design #methodology #error #bias
#metascience #metaanalysis

https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/11/1/143005/212614/A-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Impact-and-Heterogeneity-of

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🫧 socialcoding..Apr 12

@strypey

Very appropriate indeed. This is the *core* practice that #SX applies, underpinned by its simple life #philosophy, called innercircles. It's expressed it in its tagline of 'simple solutions still exist'.

Including #solutions to our most wickedest problems.

https://innercircles.community

Assumption is that ALL wisdom, knowledge, common sense, and life experience that we need for a (wicked) solution, already exist. That its laying on the street, while we overlook and trample upon it in our rushed day-to-day of modern #society ratrace.

Hence the first 4 hedonic drivers are: center, think, act, feel. Center means to orient, to know what you want, up to what your dreams are. Then you think before you act, so you will feel what you want to feel, and make progress towards realization of your dreams, large and small.

SX #methodology being so holistic in #nature, and using #EmergentDesign, can incorporate with ease ANY other tool or method that yields positive result and best-practice.

innercircles™ - simple solutions still exist

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