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acediac01 t1_irf7t4d wrote

Reply to comment by DeliciousCanary4711 in “Scientific progress is thwarted by the ownership of knowledge.” How Karl Popper’s philosophy of science can overcome clinical corruption. by IAI_Admin

I thought there was a follow up study on the "replication crisis" and when the follow up (people trying to replicate the studies) actually get in communication with the original study authors the replication failure rate went down to 10%. Still not great, but better.

From my pedestrian/bystander understanding, journals want the most succinct article to publish, so a lot of prerequisites or best practices that exist at one university or within one discipline are left out of the publication, with the understanding that they are known. When someone educated slightly differently follows up, they don't get the same result because, from the beginning, they didn't do the same experiment.

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DeliciousCanary4711 t1_irf9csv wrote

> follow up study

Go find it. Use the internet.

> a lot of prerequisites or best practices that exist at one university or within one discipline are left out of the publication

So you think journals are omitting methodology to save on what, printing costs?

The crisis is systemic: researchers are forced to 'publish or perish' while those dying from little understood causes are blocked from accessing said knowledge... the whole thing is designed to enrich few at the cost of the many imo, not to accurately conduct scientific investigation and communicate findings for the benefit of humans and our habitat.

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acediac01 t1_irff0sr wrote

Nah, I don't actually care. I grew up not trusting anyone or anything, I just know that the words replication crisis make for a great headline.

I don't disagree about the incentives for academic work being heavily perverted by the current climate, however I have yet to see anyone propose a fix that will actually be adopted by anyone but idealists. Just like open source software vs. M$ and Apple, you have true believers, and then people that are just there to make money. At the end of the day, eating is more important that holding to your ideals.

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DeliciousCanary4711 t1_irgyd0j wrote

> eating is more important that holding to your ideals.

That is an extremely morally dubious claim.

Opioid overdoses are the #1 cause of death for adults 18-45 in usa... the Sacklers didn't make that happen without many accomplices with impressive science titles.

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