• 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.