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Click bait from the BBC. 2/3 of scientists have failed to replicAte a study is not a statement that reinforces the headline. If 2/3 of people have had trouble s
by Tloewald 10y ago
Click bait from the BBC. 2/3 of scientists have failed to replicAte a study is not a statement that reinforces the headline. If 2/3 of people have had trouble sleeping that does not mean most people can't sleep.
If you've ever tried a simple science experiment out of a book, it's easy to screw one up no matter how sound the underlying science because you messed something up. A bleeding edge study is several degrees of difficulty beyond that.
- lutusp 10y ago> ... it's easy to screw one up no matter how sound the underlying science because you messed something up. Yes, but when a replication fails, the question one wants to ask is whether it was the original study or the replication effort that caused the problem. J. B. Rhine's seemingly solid psychic-abilities studies couldn't be replicated, but this was because he kept tossing results that didn't fit his expectations, something that didn't come out until after he passed on.
- j7ake 10y agoThis comment is insightful and is in line with Mina bissels views. The immediate questions when someone tries to replicate a study is... How hard did they try? Did they go to the lab and spend one year of their life learning the technique? Or did they try it once and didn't think hard enough about being careful?