Ad hominem discourse is largely prohibited in scientific journals. Historically, this prohibition restricted the dissemination of ad hominem discussion, but during the last decade, blogs and social media platforms became popular among researchers. With the use of social media now entrenched among researchers, there are important questions about the role of ad hominems. Ad hominems and other forms of strong criticism became particularly evident in online discussions associated with the recent replication crisis in psychology. Here, these discussions, and a few incidences of ad hominems in journal articles, are situated in the broader history of science. It is argued that explicit codes of conduct should be considered to curb certain kinds of ad hominem comments in certain fora, but that some ad hominem discussions have an important role to play in a healthier science.

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科学心理学中的自命修辞

科学期刊基本上禁止人身攻击。从历史上看，这一禁令限制了人身攻击讨论的传播，但在过去十年中，博客和社交媒体平台在研究人员中变得流行起来。随着社交媒体的使用现在在研究人员中根深蒂固，关于 ad hominems 的作用存在一些重要问题。人身攻击和其他形式的强烈批评在与最近心理学复制危机相关的在线讨论中变得尤为明显。在这里，这些讨论，以及期刊文章中的一些人身攻击事件，都位于更广泛的科学史中。有人认为，应考虑制定明确的行为守则，以遏制某些论坛上某些类型的人身攻击评论，