Did Carney receive a torrent of vile abuse, or lose her job, for admitting all this? No. In fact, the reaction was the precise opposite. A search of Twitter, often maligned as a haven for online bullies, reveals other researchers (rightly) calling Carney’s statement ‘brave’, ‘impressive’, ‘admirable’, ‘the way forward’, an example of ‘how to deal with failure to replicate one’s work’ and a ‘remarkable demonstration of scientific integrity’. One neuroscientist called Carney an ‘intellectual/academic hero’.64 I couldn’t find a single negative reaction – except the one from Amy Cuddy herself, who
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