There is plenty of evidence that people who recreate results often tries until they get the same result as the original paper. For example a scientist made a mi

There is plenty of evidence that people who recreate results often tries until they get the same result as the original paper. For example a scientist made a mistake when counting the number of chromosomes and reported that humans had 48, a number that was replicated for over 30 years. In this case it would obviously have been better if the original paper was never published. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16463025 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16463025