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> Aren't reproducible results a form of consensus? Not in the least. "Reproducible results" represents the technical and methodological ability to confirm that
by ColanR 7y ago
> Aren't reproducible results a form of consensus?
Not in the least. "Reproducible results" represents the technical and methodological ability to confirm that an effect is real. "Consensus" is whether a political body is willing to admit that the effect is real.
And we all know politics finds truth to be...
- Shikadi 7y agoI think this is a semantic argument... If 100 independent scientists reproduce results, those results themselves are a scientific consensus, are they not?
- craftinator 7y agoYes, at that point the political consensus adopts the results of rigorous scientific testing as it's new bling
- ColanR 7y agoInsofar as it's a semantic argument, it's irrelevant. > If 100 independent scientists reproduce results, those results themselves are a scientific consensus Not in any sense that's relevant to the discovery of new information or its verification.