Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
Scientist, accounting, philosophy of science
Business
63%
Economics
15%
Do you think that's a good thing? It's the same here in BE; statisticians teaching stats, but I've always feit that's not a good thing because the stats courses are so disconnected from the rest of the program as a result.
Yeah, I just noticed the author has a whole set of papers on this, and the 95% seemed clickbait [and worked]; sorry! :-)
Most people also, obviously, have no club what's going on outstide their own field.
Some fields are probably worse than others, but I think there are at least 2 things going on:
1. Progress: most research looks bad at some point.
2. Scientists being scientists: seeing things that could be better -> our field sucks [more than yours]
1. Progress: most research looks bad at some point.
2. Scientists being scientists: seeing things that could be better -> our field sucks [more than yours]
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New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>
With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social
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With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social
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Ik weet niet of dat door 'n verschuiving in visie komt dan wel noodgedwongen door veranderde realiteit? Dalende onderwijskwaliteit waardoor zelfs de beste studenten (meer) extra studie nodig hebben om als onderzoeker aan de slag te kunnen + wetenschap die veranderd is (meer vereist vaak).
Ik vermoed niet dat iemand hier verbaast van opkijkt, maar het blijft pijnlijk natuurlijk – opscheppen over je eigen onwetendheid past wel goed in de tijdsgeest.
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De Morgen
@demorgen.be
· Dec 16
Wie twijfelt aan de onuitvoerbaarheid en onwenselijkheid van grootschalige remigratie, hoeft slechts naar de VS te kijken
www.demorgen.be
Lode Cossaer is verbonden aan het Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte van de KU Leuven. Remigratie is geen beleidsoptie maar een verkoopstrategie, zegt hij. Een simplistische fantasie.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Dec 7
And all while the most difficult phenomena to explain are, obviously, the ones that don't exist (Lykken)
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Yes!
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Dec 4
I Just Ran Two Million Regressions on JSTOR
Xavier X. Sala-I-Martin, I Just Ran Two Million Regressions, The American Economic Review, Vol. 87, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Asso...
www.jstor.org
While Xavier X. Sala-I-Martin, of course, ran 2 million regressions (sort of) already back in 1997!
www.jstor.org/stable/2950909
www.jstor.org/stable/2950909
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Ik denk dat @debiehendrik.bsky.social al gewoon hoogleraar is, maar voor alle andere ZAP gaat het door de besparingen (naar alle waarschijnlijkheid) langer duren om promotie te maken en de impact van bijv. 3j later promotie is over de hele loopbaan best wel heel groot.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I feel bad for you that you're learning all of this :'-)
tbf reading metascience work (e.g. on team incentives/collaboration, the idea of science audits) I do sometimes think some people would benefit from reading some accounting research
tbf reading metascience work (e.g. on team incentives/collaboration, the idea of science audits) I do sometimes think some people would benefit from reading some accounting research
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Paul, not sure what you're implying, but you know well enough that no serious accounting researcher reads – let alone cites – anything outside of the "top" econ/finance/acc journals.
Unless, of course, whenever there is a need for some vague theory, then psychology or management will do.
Unless, of course, whenever there is a need for some vague theory, then psychology or management will do.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Artikel is het lezen waard. De nodige nuance en realisme waar nodig. Niet dat ik het met iedere zin eens ben, maar dat hoeft ook niet.
> Among the signatories is Luc Steels, "the father of AI in Belgium." And he's not the only Belgian scientist supporting the resistance to "so-called 'AI' technologies." Apache spoke with Steels and co. "Universities encouraging students to use ChatGPT? I'm stunned"
apache.be/2025/10/23/a...
apache.be/2025/10/23/a...
Ik heb geen toegang tot Apache, maar we bespraken de opiniepaper van Guest et al. deze week in de leesgroep van onze faculteit. Dat leverde een boeiend gesprek op, maar we vonden toch allemaal dat het maar een zwakke paper was – ja, het is een opiniestuk, maar toch een wetenschappelijk.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Thanks for sharing! Interesting piece.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Do you perhaps have a link to any such efforts? Or even better, critical discussions of such efforts?
Such repositories likely being a bad idea was 99% my motivation of writing the commentary :-) — "go look for a theory" (in psy/econ) is already some senior researchers' advice in this field.
Such repositories likely being a bad idea was 99% my motivation of writing the commentary :-) — "go look for a theory" (in psy/econ) is already some senior researchers' advice in this field.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Yeah, I agree. I also have no problem of pushing back against reviewers. Although in this case, it seems quite clear I'll need to do something to get it published. Taking it to a different journal will only make it harder. As a preprint it will have very little impact. Dilemma's...
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Nov 7
They added that after I shared a draft of my commentary with them. It's better than nothing – ironically, it makes publication of the commentary harder. And we know how people are – "go look for a theory" in recent psy/econ papers is already advice given by some senior researchers in this field.
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Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
More upper-secondary school graduates chose higher education studies during the pandemic
The proportion of those who started higher education studies within one year increased considerably among pupils who graduated from a higher education preparatory upper secondary programme in spring 2...
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De combinatie lage kost voor de student en zeer brede toegang is gewoon vreemd (problematisch). HO in Scandinavië is gratis voor student maar wel (erg) selectief. Vgl. bijv. deze cijfers voor Zweden met VL waar bijna iedereen met diploma secundair aan HO start.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Any thoughts, suggestions, feedback, help, .... very much appreciated!
@dingdingpeng.the100.ci @lakens.bsky.social @replicationindex.com @psych.peercommunityin.org @zpid.bsky.social @rickcarlsson.bsky.social @jamessteeleii.bsky.social @simine.com @eikofried.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing!
@dingdingpeng.the100.ci @lakens.bsky.social @replicationindex.com @psych.peercommunityin.org @zpid.bsky.social @rickcarlsson.bsky.social @jamessteeleii.bsky.social @simine.com @eikofried.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing!
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Another approach that I think could be useful is to run a survey among psychologists and have them evaluate the extent to which they believe that some of these theories are still taken seriously within their community or not.
This is easier said than done, especially for an outsider.
This is easier said than done, especially for an outsider.
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to go about this!
In some cases, I guess there is sufficient evidence that has empirically discredited a specific theory ("terror management theory", for instance, I think).
So, if you know of such cases and can point me to useful references, please do!
In some cases, I guess there is sufficient evidence that has empirically discredited a specific theory ("terror management theory", for instance, I think).
So, if you know of such cases and can point me to useful references, please do!
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
I received two thoughtful reviews and an R&R -- commentaries are not a thing in our field, so they get the same treatment as any other paper. One suggested way to increase the "contribution" of my commentary is to offer more extensive vetting of these theories (i.e. help identify "Zombie" theories).
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
(*) Yes, yes, I know, some of the entries in the repository aren't even theories, but effects/phenomena. You don't have to tell me!
Kris Hardies
@krishardies.bsky.social
· Oct 30
The assurance theory repository_A commentary_May 2025.docx
Some Theories Are Just Better: A Comment on Baaske, Carrillo, Gaynor, and Schmidt (2025) ABSTRACT: Baaske, Carrillo, Gaynor, and Schmidt (2025) present a conceptual framework of the assurance ecosyst...
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Some fields, like mine (accounting), look to fields like psychology for theoretical guidance. Accompanying a conceptual paper, these authors compiled this theory repository.
I don't think the repository will do our field any good, so I wrote a commentary: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I don't think the repository will do our field any good, so I wrote a commentary: docs.google.com/document/d/1...