SSC Survey: Scattered Negative Results
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Summary
An honest negative-results report from the SSC survey's perception questions. Scott tried to expand his earlier 'transgender immune to optical illusions' and perception-cognition results but only WEAKLY replicated them (r≈0.04-0.05, no internal structure — three versions of the same mask illusion barely correlated), and reports scattered null/weak preregistered findings (conflict-theory×ambiguity r≈0.05, autism×meta-level null, ADHD×ambition null). A model of honest null-reporting and preregistration follow-through, with a couple of nuggets (the age effect on the Parentheses Riddle).
Why this score
Quality 55 · Solid. Solid: admirable epistemics (reporting nulls, preregistration) lift it above the barest survey stubs (cf. Survey-Results-2019 47), but it's a dry dump of weak/null correlations with limited reader value. 55.
Claude’s paradigm shift 34 · Slight. Null results, low novelty. B34.
Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. A model of honest null-reporting, but minimal reach. RWI1.