Replication Crisis

Applied to Big Mac Subsidy? by RobertM 4mo ago

The replication crisis began in the early 2010s when several high-profile irreproducible results inspired mass replication attempts, revealing that the majority of papers checked in psychology and a number of other fields were not replicable. Some of the irreproducible resultsresults, like Priming, appeared to bear on rationality and were referenced in early LessWrong posts.

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Retraction Watch

Related Pages:Practice & Philosophy of Science, Psychology, Information Cascades, Falsifiability