>Sometimes I think that half the reason why some fields don't have a replication crisis is because literal lives are on the line if you get it wrong, so people

>Sometimes I think that half the reason why some fields don't have a replication crisis is because literal lives are on the line if you get it wrong, so people actually do the work to make the testing gear and align the incentives that need to be aligned. You don't think lives are on the line with psychology? The replication crisis there should be terrifying but because of the extra degree of separation between theory and result, it is, for some reason, just hand-waved over. You are right that if people died because of a structural engineering mistake due to incorrect information people would be sued and possibly sent to prison. In mental health, however, people can die in droves and nothing! Or public policy that destroys the lives of millions can be made on bad research and just shrugged off later.