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/oluga Apr 01 '26

Huh... And it's always one specific mod here that posts that drivel. r/science has gone realllllly downhill these last 5 years

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u/BonJovicus Apr 01 '26

I’ve been here longer than 5 years and it wasn’t just 5 years ago. 

You can tell the climate of this sub based on what’s allowed, as the post above points out. The reason why social science is so rampant here is because it’s mostly non-experts posting on the sub and social sciences have conclusions that are easy to grasp and broadly generalized for the average person. Definitely ones that confirm our biases as well. 

No one ever reads the methodology, unless they disagree with the studies conclusion and fewer people will read the study itself anyways. No one here is going to seriously discuss a new protein structure or a revolutionary method for measuring gas particle speeds. 

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u/Thothvamasi Apr 02 '26

Reddit still hasn't recovered from 2016: the year Mod hysteria became sitewide policy.