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- Regardless of the reasons, science (again, in the ideal) should be self-correcting. That is, studies by independent groups that test the same drugs may, or may not, replicate the initial studies. Over time, errors become corrected by the accumulating weight of the evidence, and scientific progress continues.
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Traditionally, scientific self-correction is achieved through replication, but this takes time and resources; both of which are scarce. In this chapter, I argue for an additional, more efficient self-correction mechanism: analytical reproducibility checks.
- Michèle Nuijten
- The New Common. 2021 Mar 20 : 161-167.
- 10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_23
- 2021 Mar
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Mar 25, 2021 · Abstract. A series of failed replications and frauds have raised questions regarding self-correction in science. Metascientific activists have advocated policies that incentivize replications and make them more diagnostically potent.
- David Peterson, Aaron Panofsky
- 2021
Mar 1, 2021 · We argue that removing barriers to self-correction at the individual level is imperative if the scientific community as a whole is to achieve the ideal of efficient self-correction.
- Julia Marie Rohrer, Julia Marie Rohrer, Warren Tierney, Eric Luis Uhlmann, Lisa Marie Debruine, Tom ...
- 10.1177/1745691620964106
- 2021
- 2021/11
Aug 11, 2023 · A key part of the self-correction process is updating the published record. What can publishers do to facilitate increased reproducibility and correction?
- natrevphys@nature.com
Correction is an important element of scientific progress. In the history of scientific investigations, it has been common for widely-accepted ideas to be overturned. Literature contains many instances of such self-correction, though the corrections are sometimes not as widely known as the original findings.
Aug 12, 2021 · It is often said that science is self-correcting, but the replication crisis suggests that self-correction mechanisms have fallen short. How can we know whether a particular scientific field has effective self-correction mechanisms, that is, whether its findings are credible?
Jun 26, 2015 · Instances in which scientists detect and address flaws in work constitute evidence of success, not failure, because they demonstrate the underlying protective mechanisms of science at work. Still, as in any human venture, science writ large does not always live up to its ideals.
