- Patrick D Watson: Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute, San Francisco, CA94103, USA. pwatson@minerva.kgi.edu; https://www.patrickdkwatson.com/. ORCID
Scientific claims are selected in part for their ability to survive. Scientists can pursue an r-strategy of broad, easy-to-spread ideas, or a K-strategy of stress-tested, bulletproof statements. The "generalizability crisis" is an exquisite mutation that allows dull, K-strategic methodology articles to spread nearly as quickly as the fast-breeding, r-strategic memes of pop-psychology.