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One graduate student failing to replicate does not support the assertion that it 'is now considered bunk'

• eurasiantiger 4y ago
  You’re being disingenuous. ”There has been little subsequent interest in replicating the studies due to several methodological issues present in the originals”
  • phendrenad2 4y ago
    A paper with many egregious methodological issues is, at worst, a paper that should be ignored, as though it never happened. We cannot say that it is "wrong" or "incorrect" or "bunk" because it's a nothing, a non-argument. Until the experiments are repeated, sans egregious methodological issues, we can't logically make that determination.
    • eurasiantiger 4y ago
      So if it’s generally accepted that the world is flat, we shouldn’t listen to anyone claiming otherwise?
      • cwkoss 4y ago
        A better analogy would be "If it’s generally accepted that the world is flat, we shouldn't assume its round because one student was unable to measure the curvature."