News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to be true is cited more. Parent comment

Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by paulluuk on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:51AM (#27244169)
I don't really see why "being shunned" or "being a visionary" has anything to do with this, to be honest. If you set up a simple rule: "the results have to be reproducable", then surely it shouldn't matter whether or not the theory is considered "crackpot" or "brilliant"?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by visarga on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:17AM (#27252817)
Reproducibility is 10x more expensive, you have to make sure you can replicate all the conditions exactly, and there are no thanks at the end for all that effort. The incentive is to publish instead of finding the truth.
[ Parent | on HN ]