Debunking the Lorentz System As a Framework For Human Emotions

New submitter Enokcc writes "In a series of research articles it was claimed that a famous system of nonlinear differential equations originally used to model atmospheric convection can also be used to model changes in human emotions over time. It took an amateur in psychology with a computer science background to notice how extraordinary these claims were, and with the help of experts on psychology he has now published a critique. The latest of the questionable research articles (with 360 citations) is now 'partially withdrawn.'" Notably, skeptic Nick Brown's paper is co-authored by Alan Sokal, famous for exposing nonsense by less diplomatic means.

Re:Lorentz? no

[Noughmad]

So they didn't just debunk the Lorentz-Lorenz law [wikipedia.org]?

Re:Lorentz? no

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Nope, it's just that when you skim through the text very quickly, as usual, the name relativistically contracts.