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*nobel memorial laureate. This is exactly why people get annoyed with the branding of the bank of Sweden’s economics prize. We have yet to see the prize for che
by blululu 1y ago
*nobel memorial laureate.
This is exactly why people get annoyed with the branding of the bank of Sweden’s economics prize. We have yet to see the prize for chemistry awarded for research that does not reproduce.
- red369 1y agoI suppose to be fair to the field of economics, the replication issues were mainly with research in psychology (as I recall). On the other hand, does economics have less of a replication issue because it’s basically unreplicable?
- lmm 1y ago> We have yet to see the prize for chemistry awarded for research that does not reproduce. Maybe, but e.g. Millikan's prize for physics was on the basis of results that appear to have been at least partially fabricated.
- mitthrowaway2 1y agoWas it? I thought Millikan's measurement had a minor error from an incorrect viscosity of air, and several other researchers' subsequent measurements were fabricated to agree with Millikan's.
- lmm 1y agoThat also happened, but there are suspicious patterns in Millikan's data considered in isolation.
- guappa 1y agoThe peace prize is awarded to warmongers all the time though.
- throw9123123100 1y agoYeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. You can find, maybe, three or four such recipients out of 100. And they usually did make peace, even if they previously or later made mistakes.
- guappa 1y agoObama.
- avdelazeri 1y agoAs one of the professors I had undergrad classes with liked to say "Economics is the only field where you can be awarded the Nobel prize for showing A and then next year someone gets a Nobel prize for showing not A".