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This is yet more evidence of the reproducibility crisis and raises serious questions of the quality of peer review. Clearly the system needs urgent reform, esp
by throw2016 8y ago
This is yet more evidence of the reproducibility crisis and raises serious questions of the quality of peer review.
Clearly the system needs urgent reform, especially studies that present controversial or extraordinary findings.
For decades this study has been used in discussion 'as fact' and while there is no evidence it was used in formulating policy given policy drafters and makers frequently refer to research it is quite possible it was and that is a dangerous end result.
- dalbasal 8y agoI would throw in a long term view here. Karl Poppers work on scientific epistemology created a big chunk of the modern, working scientific method. His big concern was unfalsifiable theories. The two big targets he was aiming at were Marx & Freud. Marxism (also other political theories) became more philosphically oriented and stopped calling their theories scientific. Psychology/psychiatry adopted more scientific methods of enquiry. Still, we have serious quality issues in the field(s).