> Is there any such thing as Continuous Reproducibility? Only in principle. Most studies are episodic -- they have a beginning, an end, and publication of resu

> Is there any such thing as Continuous Reproducibility? Only in principle. Most studies are episodic -- they have a beginning, an end, and publication of results only after the end. For continuous replication to exist, laboratories would have to be much more open about what they're working on, less competitive as to ideas and funding than they actually are. > How prevalent is this in different branches of Science? It's nonexistent everywhere but in "big" physics, where (because of the large number of people involved) people tend to know in advance what's being worked on. But I'm only saying physics opens the possibility for continuous replication, not that it actually exists, mostly because of cost.