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Dr. Moin Syed keeps a (sporadically updated) blog about psychology research, teaching, and meta-science titled “Get Syeducated,” hosted on Substack. You can subscribe for free here to get new posts delivered right to your inbox.

Below are a few recent posts:

Syed, M. (2026, February). Valuing the process vs. the product in research. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/valuing-the-process-vs-the-product

Syed, M. (2025, July). A tale of two science reform movements. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-science-reform-movements

Syed, M. (2025, April). Science requires scientists to be critical of science. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/science-requires-scientists-to-be

Syed, M. (2024, September). A brief note on intellectual sloth; or, are 70% of U.S. faculty really adjuncts? Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/a-brief-note-on-intellectual-sloth

Syed, M. (2024, March). Preregistration: More promises than pitfalls. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/preregistration-more-promises-than

Syed, M. (2023, December). The ignorance of crowds (or, a series of widely-held wrong beliefs). Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/the-ignorance-of-crowds

Syed, M. (2023, September). The “peer review crisis” and how to solve it. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/the-peer-review-crisis-and-how-to

Syed, M. (2023, March). PNAS is not a good journal. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/pnas-is-not-a-good-journal

Syed, M. (2022, December). You also have an ideology. Get Syeducated. https://getsyeducated.substack.com/p/you-also-have-an-ideology