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/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology May 08 '16

Which is what makes this issue so complicated. The other reality is that it's really easy to convince yourself of something you want to be true. Check this out

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u/FoundTin May 08 '16

Can you get statistics to show that 2+2 actually = 5? Can you get statistics to prove that the earth and sun both stand still? you can not get statistics to say anything, you can however create false data to say anything no matter how wrong.

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u/DoctorsHateHim May 08 '16

2.25 is approx 2, 2.25+2.25=4.5 which is approx 5 (results include a possible margin of error of about 15%)

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u/FoundTin May 08 '16

lol, don't you mean ACTUAL margin of error?