Dear In Our Labs: I’m “On The Fence” about Open Science

"Recently I published a paper in a Psychology journal. A few months later, a graduate student from another University wrote me asking for the data. Being a traditional sort of guy, I only share data with friends and famous researchers; I would normally let this sort of request sit in my inbox for eight months or so. But lately I’ve been thinking: shouldn’t I be more open? Isn’t transparent science better science? I was thinking maybe I’d put my data online, but this would take a few hours work. What should I do?

My second problem is unrelated to the first. I was hanging out with some colleagues at a conference, and one of them— call her 'Jo' — made a comment about how psychological research has methodological problems. Then, she made a joke about it! Can you imagine my shock when others laughed at the joke? How can I let them know that they are literally tearing psychological science apart and pissing on the pieces?"