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> Maybe the incentive structure of academia is the actual problem it's fairly clear that it is the case. You are rewarded with tenure for pushing lots of paper
by ekianjo 3y ago
> Maybe the incentive structure of academia is the actual problem
it's fairly clear that it is the case. You are rewarded with tenure for pushing lots of papers, regardless of their validity, since nobody actually cares about replicating anything.
> peer review system is an imperfect, but perhaps effective
The peer review system is just about checking points of details or calculation in a study, they never bother to actually check if the original results are valid. It's a mostly useless process that does nothing but remove the most obvious problems in the writing stage.
> the alternative
just like we did for hundreds of years now, proper replication baked in, by different people in different places, following the exact same conditions or protocol.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoSome (many) experiments the replication is difficult it exceptionally expensive. Particularly for experiments with large exotic equipment, huge populations, etc. But certainly replication should be incentivized - sadly I think even then it’ll be largely a secondary behavior.