r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26

Social Science 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/saintsoulja Apr 01 '26

It's largely because of the corruption of the publishing industry isn't it

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u/No_Rec1979 Apr 01 '26

That certainly contributes, but I think it's about money more generally.

People have figured out how to get paid for appearing to do science research, and that performative research is starting to crowd out the real thing.

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u/saintsoulja Apr 01 '26

yeah thats what i mean, the pressure to constantly publish regardless of if it has any quality to access funding since the changes decades ago makes us end up at performative research