Sources/Evidence and Their Importance

[Alate_One]

I came across an article yesterday that made me think of this. It's about reproducability in scientific studies and concerns that there isn't enough focus on that.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0828/An-emerging-challenge-to-science-s-credibility

I think that's a mistitled article since it's really about psychology specifically, which is hardly reflective of all of science.

To which I would say any experiment involving humans is bound to be problematic since no two human beings are the same.

 

[Quetzal]

Can't it just be because you find the position unusual or interesting, but want something more than the interesting word of a stranger so you can look into it and either be convinced or feel better about your rejection?

:cheers:

Anywhere else, maybe. But not here. Most of the positions held are so extreme that they require sources by the nature of how the are presented.

 

[kmoney]

I think that's a mistitled article since it's really about psychology specifically, which is hardly reflective of all of science.

To which I would say any experiment involving humans is bound to be problematic since no two human beings are the same.

I don't think so. The specific example they gave was a group of psychology experiments but the overall article wasn't restricted to that.