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ABRACADABRA, HEART, and FART: Why are scientists so acronym-obsessed?

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ABRACADABRA, HEART, and FART: Why are scientists so acronym-obsessed?
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Europeans and North Americans are WEIRD. No, I’m not trying to start a culture war. I’m just quoting behavioural scientists. A little over a decade ago, they began to realize that most psychological studies did not paint an accurate picture of the global population. More often than not, participants lived in countries that were Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. The acronym WEIRD was born.
WEIRD is not a one-off. Scientific papers are filled with acronyms — some little more

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