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I wanted to say that converging evidence is highly valued in neuroscience already. We know every single study is flawed in some way, but attacking the same prob
by SubiculumCode 9y ago
I wanted to say that converging evidence is highly valued in neuroscience already. We know every single study is flawed in some way, but attacking the same problem from 3 angles and getting similar answers, you might really have something.
- SubiculumCode 9y agoAnd also, those three angles might not happen in a single paper, but across a series of papers, then synthesized in a review article.
- mturmon 9y agoYes, you can see this in astronomy and planetary science as well. As a basic example, the wikipedia pages on dark matter and dark energy cite various sources of converging evidence. In planetary science, one example is the multiple lines of evidence that there were once significant water flows on Mars.