As long as there are no serious consequences for non reproducible results, there is little incentive to keep this racket from spiraling out of control
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As long as there are no serious consequences for non reproducible results, there is little incentive to keep this racket from spiraling out of control
That's absolutely true. However, I think there are genuine cases of mistakes or results that are very difficult to reproduce due to our limited understanding of certain biological mechanisms, and I feel it would be unfair to punish these people as they would essentially be being accused of making up results?
The field of biology is very complex and it is understood that sometimes some experiments are difficult to replicate. I believe this happens when the researcher still does not understand the mechanisms he is replicating. What is dangerous is when it comes to research in the area of cancer or other diseases and I understand that in the area of health this phenomenon is common.