Just 11% of 53 cancer research papers were reproducible

Re:Just 11% of 53 cancer research papers were reproducible by return0 on Thursday May 09, 2013 @08:58AM (#5680156)

I think it also highlights the underlying mentality that prestige matters more than integrity and "if everyone does it then it's fine".

If tax-funded scientists can't uphold high standards for themselves, the public is entitled to demand them to do so.

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Re:Just 11% of 53 cancer research papers were reproducible by Ensorceled on Thursday May 09, 2013 @09:45AM (#5680386)

You might be being a little harsh. There is a huge difference between "hey, I'm having a problem reproducing your results, want to help me either reproduce or disprove your results?", which legitimate scientists will and do participate in, and "I'm doing a study on unreproducible results and want to publish your paper and name in the list afterwards".

Notice they say they got help without the shaming part so the scientists were willing to participate, just not get listed.

I personally know scientists who have helped out with disproving their own findings, it's not uncommon.

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