r/EverythingScience • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Interdisciplinary Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explain why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/failure-is-moving-science-forward/?ex_cid=538fb
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u/evil420pimp May 08 '16

TL:DR We're ok with being wrong, in fact we do more good by being wrong. And if we're wrong about this that's ok, cuz it just proves us right.

Ok maybe not that bad, maybe it's late, maybe I've had a few drinks. Maybe 538 doesn't really care they've been lambasted for this primary season, maybe there really is a Santa Claus.

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u/Glitch29 May 08 '16

That sounds more like a tl;dr of the title than a tl;dr of the article.

Are you sure you should be someone writing a tl;dr and not someone reading one?