> Many other large scale experiments are nearly impossible to replicate. Thankfully, the LHC is not what all of science looks like. There is a great deal of sc

> Many other large scale experiments are nearly impossible to replicate. Thankfully, the LHC is not what all of science looks like. There is a great deal of science that can be reproduced without needing billions of dollars. > If I send you the code that alters the results somewhere deep inside, you'll be able to reproduce them. But the current status quo for most papers is that you don't even have that. If you public put out code that manipulates data in this way then it can be scrutinized. The alternative is to attempt to replicate the results, and waste months of time trying to guess what the authors did (since they won't tell you), and in the end never being able to reproduce it, not knowing if it was because key information was missing or because it was falsified. That is, if you can spend the time attempt to reproduce the results, rather than publishing your own novel and revolution results. And if you'll find a journal who'll be interested in publishing your failure to replicate.