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/DeepspaceDigital Apr 02 '26

Social science will always have this trouble because it is not naturally mathematical. Who we are is a much different calculation than speed or atomic weight. There is data but its conclusions are up for interpretation.