• boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
    6·
    10 months ago

    strength is it’s replicable. Not just somebody claiming something without justifying it can happen.

    • ryathal
      25·
      10 months ago

      This is totally false in practice.

      • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
        31·
        10 months ago

        How is this incorrect? In which field? And how do you confirm you the validity of your methodology?

        • ryathal
          2·
          10 months ago

          Replication rarely happens and in many cases is outright impossible due to lack of shared code.

          Things should be replicable, but that hasn’t been the case for a while.

          • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
            4·
            10 months ago

            So then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.

            • ryathal
              21·
              10 months ago

              If a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.

              • emergencyfood
                3·
                10 months ago

                It’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.

              • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
                1·
                10 months ago

                It can easily be followed. Just not within capitalism.

                Edit: But you’re correct. And that’s what we’re seeing. A modified version.

          • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
            31·
            10 months ago

            the correct term you need is ‘unachievable’, not ‘false’. […] anyway, it depends on the field and type of study.

            • ryathal
              12·
              10 months ago

              That’s just wordplay to make the problem seem like it’s not as big of a problem.

              • force@lemmy.world
                3·
                10 months ago

                Common standards for language formally used in a specific field/profession/discipline aren’t “wordplay” lol

                • ryathal
                  12·
                  10 months ago

                  This isn’t a professional forum. Playing the “it’s a technical term” game is absolutely wordplay.