Mischievous responding, the illusion of consensus, and the memetic channel constraint problem.
- Dr Bruce Long
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: May 19, 2021
SWRG Anti-misinformation Project
Theory Report
Mischievous responding, the illusion of consensus, and the memetic channel constraint problem. An exploratory and explanatory mini-report.
Dr Bruce Long
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Abstract. The replication and theory crises in psychology provide a context for understanding the problems associated with research and studies involving geopolitical, psycho-social, and political data. In this mini-report I briefly outline – in the first two sections - some of the replication and theory crisis problems affecting psychological science. In section three I then explore the more specific problem of participant mischievous responding in psychological and practical philosophical studies. I introduce the concept of type-heterogeneous sources and the memetic channel constraint problem, and how these relate to mischievous responding and the problem of the illusion of consensus, which latter problem is about people’s difficulty discerning when sets of information sources are veracious.
Keywords: Cognitive science; Memetic theory; The illusion of consensus; channel constraints; heterogeneous sources; The philosophy of information; Replication crisis; Theory crisis; Reproducibility; Psychology of polity; Psychology of emotions; Philosophy of religion.
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