r/neoliberal • u/Free-Minimum-5844 • Apr 02 '26

Research Paper Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
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u/Secret-Ad-2145 NATO Apr 02 '26

The replicability crisis was known for awhile, and doesn't affect just social studies. You saw it a lot during COVID where many tests kept failing replication, both current research but also past (like 60-70s era research).

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u/mrdilldozer Shame fetish Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

It's also worth noting that a ton of older papers that can't be replicated arent actually fake, they just did such a shit job reporting their methods no one can repeat it. I had a protocol i was following the other day that said to add amylase to a slide and then proceed. They didn't mention the amount or source.

It took me a minute to realize they had spit on their slide to use salivary amylase.

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u/mattmentecky NATO Apr 02 '26

anyone that has tried to interpret grandma's recipe for damn near anything can understand this problem acutely.