British psychologist (1916–1997)
People connected to Hans Eysenck
A psychologist who became the most-cited living figure in his field, then had dozens of his papers retracted after his death when inquiries found data incompatible with clinical science and suspected manipulation in his work linking personality to disease.
Born in Germany in 1916, Eysenck moved to Britain and built a career studying intelligence and personality that made him the most frequently cited living psychologist in peer-reviewed literature by the time of his death in 1997. His work ranged across psychology but drew controversy for claims that personality types elevated cancer and heart disease risk, and for research on IQ and race published starting in 1971. After his death, scholars identified errors and suspected data manipulation in his studies, with large replications failing to confirm his purported findings. A King's College London…
Sourced, dated quotes from Hans Eysenck
I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they have specialized, are just as ordinary, pigheaded and unreasonable as anybody else.
They bought research as they bought vegetables - a wonderful insight into official thinking about science.
If the reader does not like some of the facts that emerge, I hope against hope that he will not blame me for their existence.
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Similar profiles worth watching
United Kingdom
.jpg?width=1200)
.jpg?width=1200)
