Build Psychology Like a Board Game

The piece argues a scientific paradigm must spell out 'units and rules'—the entities in a domain and what they can do—and says psychology mostly runs without such a rulebook. Treat the mind like a game to reverse‑engineer: identify the pieces and legal moves, then test them, rather than doing scattered studies. He spotlights Slime Mold Time Mold’s new book, The Mind in the Wheel, as a bold (if risky) attempt at such a paradigm. — This reframes social science credibility by demanding theory-first, rule‑level models instead of effect‑fishing, with implications for funding, replication, and policy claims built on psychology.