I think there are many people who want believe neuroscience to be a robust field but at least since Vul et al’s Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience the evidence that the field isn’t very robust seems to be good.
I think the more interesting question is why people want to believe that neuroscience is a robust field. I think it’s due to a mistaken belief in the value of reductionism and an unfounded assumption that reductionism is a good way to go about understanding complex systems.
I think there are many people who want believe neuroscience to be a robust field but at least since Vul et al’s Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience the evidence that the field isn’t very robust seems to be good.
I think the more interesting question is why people want to believe that neuroscience is a robust field. I think it’s due to a mistaken belief in the value of reductionism and an unfounded assumption that reductionism is a good way to go about understanding complex systems.