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N_A_T_E ◴[] No.43795965[source]
Is there any path forward to fixing the current reproducibility crisis in science? Individuals can do better, but that won't solve a problem at this scale. Could we make systemic changes to how papers are validated and approved for publication in major journals?
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somethingsome ◴[] No.43796358[source]
IMO, stopping the race toward better h index.

There is an huge amount of pressure to publish publish publish.

So, many researchers prefeer to write very simple things that are probably true or applicative work, which is kind of useful, or publish false/fake results.

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somethingsome ◴[] No.43796930[source]
I'm curious, I don't get why the down votes? Having to race for publishing pushes people to cheat, It didn't occur to me that it was a bad point, but if you have a different opinion I would gladly hear!
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1. southernplaces7 ◴[] No.43797346[source]
> I don't get why the down votes?

Because a great many who comment on this site are infantile but self-congratulating idiots who just can't help themselves on downvoting anything that doesn't fit their pet dislikes. That button should be removed or at least made not to grey-out text.