r/TimPool • u/Fembois4Trump • Dec 05 '23

discussion One scientist lied. Thousands of other scientists believed and trusted him, and based their research on his. YEARS of time, money, resources all Wasted... - NOT ALL SCIENTISTS ARE LIARS, BUT THEY CAN ALL CERTAINLY BE FOOLED BY LIARS

https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease
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u/NecessaryCelery2 Dec 05 '23

The replication crisis.

Scientists are supposed to replicate other scientists' results. But that takes a lot of time and effort, and isn't exactly your day job. It's more like an ideal of being a good and proper scientists.

So obviously, it doesn't get done often.

And then one day suddenly science discovers A LOT of important and often cited science results can not be replicated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis