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"I actually think that replication is not actually the gold standard of science." I'm not often left speechless.
by throwaway210222 5y ago
"I actually think that replication is not actually the gold standard of science."
I'm not often left speechless.
- analog31 5y agoPerhaps I should have clarified. What I should have said is that replication is certainly important, but replication alone can't drive science forward or produce a reliable scientific knowledge base. At least, it hasn't done so yet. And a science that's bolstered by the development of robust theory can tolerate a certain amount of replication failure.