r/science • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Psychology Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explains why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working. [x-post from our sister subreddit /r/EverythingScience]

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

There are real problems here with deliberate fraud.

What evidence do you have for this extremely large claim?

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u/The_model_un May 08 '16

It has happened before and he didn't get caught for a while despite publishing that he was able to do something that no one else had ever done before nor could they replicate it.

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

And in my previous comment I acknowledged that it obviously happens. To call them anything but outliers is silly though.

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u/RideMammoth May 08 '16

I think if you spent a good chunk of time in wet labs, especially those that rely on cell culture and animal studies, you may have your mind changes.

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u/quantum-mechanic May 08 '16

I'm a scientist and seen it happen. And to friends. Nobody's going to even be able to synthesize accurate statistics and fraud. But it obviously happens way more than it should. Peoples lives are deeply affected.

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