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Scientific progress despite irreproducibility: A seeming paradox
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Shiffrin RM
; Börner K
; Stigler SM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
2018[Mar]; 115
(11
): 2632-2639
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It appears paradoxical that science is producing outstanding new results and
theories at a rapid rate at the same time that researchers are identifying
serious problems in the practice of science that cause many reports to be
irreproducible and invalid. Certainly, the practice of science needs to be
improved, and scientists are now pursuing this goal. However, in this
perspective, we argue that this seeming paradox is not new, has always been part
of the way science works, and likely will remain so. We first introduce the
paradox. We then review a wide range of challenges that appear to make scientific
success difficult. Next, we describe the factors that make science work-in the
past, present, and presumably also in the future. We then suggest that remedies
for the present practice of science need to be applied selectively so as not to
slow progress and illustrate with a few examples. We conclude with arguments that
communication of science needs to emphasize not just problems but the enormous
successes and benefits that science has brought and is now bringing to all
elements of modern society.
|Communication
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Laboratory Personnel/psychology/standards
[MESH]
|Peer Review/standards
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|Publications/standards/statistics & numerical data
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