Adam Mastroianni is a scientist who writes the Substack 'Experimental History'. This is our second conversation. We discuss science as a strong-link problem, why everyone is allowed to do science, and some of Adam's suggestions for how science can be done differently.

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Timestamps
0:00:00: Adam's Substack is now his main thing
0:05:32: Paradigms in psychology
0:16:40: Who's allowed to do science? Science as a strong-link problem
0:36:41: A fleet of ships, The Psychology House, and Dan Gilbert's supervsion
1:06:53: How to cultivate good feedback
1:13:20: A book, paper, or blog post more people should read
1:16:26: Something Adam wishes he'd learnt sooner
1:18:34: Any advice for PhD students or postdocs?

Podcast links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-pod
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt

Adam's links

• Website: https://geni.us/mastroianni-web
• Substack: https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/mastroianni-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/mastroianni-twt

Ben's links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-web
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twt

Links
1st episode with Adam: https://geni.us/bjks-mastroianni

Pure green in Blackadder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDIJiwNk2n8

Blog posts
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/lets-build-a-fleet-and-change-the
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/an-invitation-to-a-secret-society
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/science-is-a-strong-link-problem
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-experimental-history-experiment
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/psychology-is-ok
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/

Behind the Bastard's episode about libertarians recreating governments at sea: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-not-at-all-sad-history-of-89890804/

References
Cosmides & Tooby (2015). Neurocognitive adaptations designed for social exchange. The handbook of evo psych.
Gilbert (2006). Stumbling on happiness.
Hesse (1922). Siddhartha.
Mastroianni, AM & Ludwin-Peery, EJ. (2022). Things could be better. https://psyarxiv.com/2uxwk
Richerson & Boyd (1978). A dual inheritance model of the human evolutionary process. J of Soc and Bio Structu