• 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.