> Most papers I come across turn out to be difficult if not impossible to reproduce
How is this even possible? Isn't Reproducibility one the pillars of Science? What gives such a paper credibility over say, an eyewitness description of a UFO sighting?
It's one thing to not perform the actual reproduction experiments, but publishing claims that (almost) can't be reproduced is another.
How is this even possible? Isn't Reproducibility one the pillars of Science? What gives such a paper credibility over say, an eyewitness description of a UFO sighting?
It's one thing to not perform the actual reproduction experiments, but publishing claims that (almost) can't be reproduced is another.