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I'd say the replication crisis on its own has brought a lot of progress at least if you count disproving the existence of many effects that were accepted 20 yea
by Tenoke 5y ago
I'd say the replication crisis on its own has brought a lot of progress at least if you count disproving the existence of many effects that were accepted 20 years ago. Similarly, some effects have replicated under more rigorous experiments (even if typically with low effect sizes) giving us more confidence they are real.
- Jensson 5y agoHas the field actually acknowledged the replication crisis and made efforts to fix it for the future? If not the field didn't progress at all, it was just sceptic outsiders who learned something about the field not the people who "trust the science".
- Tenoke 5y agoThere are holdouts but yes, it's well acknowledged and there are many trying to battle it (e.g. with better designs, pre-registrations etc.) The replications are mostly conducted by other insiders in the first place, it's hardly just outsiders pointing it out.
- Jensson 5y agoOk, so if it turns out well we can maybe start trusting the social sciences that properly reformed in a few decades or so when they have rooted out most problems. But as of now I am still sceptical of those fields.