• ryathal
    2·
    8 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·
      8 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·
        8 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·
          8 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·
          8 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·
      8 months ago

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

      • ryathal
        12·
        8 months ago

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

        • force@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 months ago

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

          • ryathal
            12·
            8 months ago

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