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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by nradov on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:26PM (#27242745)
The trouble is, industrial researchers usually don't publish negative results or failures to reproduce. So it takes a long time to correct the published scientific record even if privately some people know it's wrong.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by walleeee on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:56PM (#27243290)
Indeed nobody tends to publish negative results or failures to reproduce unless there is already a monetary or social bounty on the question, it seems
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