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What the people inferring from my comment are missing is that the reproduction efforts actually saved us from damage. The real damage would have been everyone
by rmbyrro 5y ago
What the people inferring from my comment are missing is that the reproduction efforts actually saved us from damage.
The real damage would have been everyone believing the paper conclusions were solid and start to act according to this false belief.
Reproduction efforts saved us from that damage.
These efforts were not the damage.
Whoever is seeing differently doesn't understand one of the basic foundations of how the scientific endeavor works.
And again: anyone expecting a world where there are no dishonest scientists or where the dishonest ones call themselves out in advance to save from the "damage" of people spending time reproducing their papers, is just playing wishful thinking, which is not a recipe for success...
- _Nat_ 5y ago> Reproduction efforts saved us from that damage. [...] These efforts were not the damage. I'm pretty sure everyone firmly agrees with this.