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I can see there being issues with reproducibility, i.e. getting the exact same results, but has there ever been a time when science was more replicable? Data/te

by anjc 8y ago

I can see there being issues with reproducibility, i.e. getting the exact same results, but has there ever been a time when science was more replicable? Data/techniques/findings/papers are under more scrutiny than ever. No positive results will be taken as sacrosanct in CS anymore. This is a complete 180 from 10+ years ago.

analog31 8y ago
In my view, rather than talking about time periods, it might be preferable to consider different fields of science wrt replicability. In fact it doesn't even make sense to put all of "science" in one basket. The medical and behavioral sciences get the most attention these days, but are not comparable to physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, etc. My field (physics) doubtlessly has its own problems, yet has produced theories of astounding generality and accuracy in spite of potential flaws in the individual studies that led to the success of those theories. Replication might not turn out to be the big problem. The lack of progress towards a unifying theory might be a more important long term issue.