The Case for Open Science, And Why Georgia Needs It

Imagine you’re a researcher in Tbilisi. You’ve designed a study, collected your data, run your analyses, and you’re ready to write up your findings. You go to read the latest literature on your topic – and you can’t. The paper you need is paywalled. Your university doesn’t have a subscription to that journal. The article … Read more

Why Open-Source Personality Assessment Matters – And Why I Built One for Georgia

If you’ve ever taken a personality quiz online – one of those “Which Harry Potter character are you?” tests, or a viral “What does your favorite color say about you?” quiz – you’ve engaged with something that looks like psychological assessment but isn’t. These quizzes are entertainment. They have no scientific basis, no validated psychometric … Read more

From Explanation to Prediction: How Data is Reshaping Psychology

For most of its history, psychology has been a discipline of explanation. We observe behavior, we build theories, we try to understand why people think, feel, and act the way they do. And that work matters enormously – it always will. But something is changing. Quietly, and then not so quietly, psychology is becoming a … Read more