It's true that many papers have mistakes, but the reasons for that go further than types, the main one being the prevalence of uneducated spreadsheet warriors.

It's true that many papers have mistakes, but the reasons for that go further than types, the main one being the prevalence of uneducated spreadsheet warriors. I definitely agree that if you're making a big custom model you should use a typed language. But indeed, that requires a lot of learning, so the investment has to be worth it. The problem is often that scientists don't program all day, so remembering language intricacies is hard. Dynamic languages that can have their whole syntax written on a postcard make things much easier from that pov.