The replication crisis and the credibility revolution response will, at minimum, make for a classic of long-form science writing, like The Soul of a New Machine or The Annals of the Former World. But I’d like to see the movie too!https://twitter.com/The_Lagrangian/status/1128476386631483393 …
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It remains unclear to me quite what you mean every time you say "science" in this context. Part of me thinks https://xkcd.com/435/ There's apparently a pathology in string theory, but that's a small part of physics, let alone "hard science". Are you just as unhappy with them?
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I’m not sure what you are asking? I didn’t use the word “science” here
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Oh, sorry, I did: “science writing.” Do you not think the replication crisis concerns “science”?
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My question is, do you see it as a problem of social science/medicine or do you see it as also a problem of, eg, geology, chemistry, astronomy, physics, math? Every example I see talking about this (from you and others) is always social science/medicine w/ nod to string theory.
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Point is, I don't know that it's helpful to talk about problems in "science" IF the problems are essentially limited to a subset of science. That subset may be the majority in terms of money/people, but it's not everything. IF the hard sciences are doing better, learn from them…
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Some problems are pervasive across fields; other are found more in some fields than others. The problems in string theory are not the same as those in psychology; string theory is untestable, whereas psychology mostly failed to do meaningful tests.
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All reasonable complaints. But different. In particular the problem of "my work environment sux and is sub-optimal for thought" is rather different from the problem of "80% of what's published is wrong/garbage".
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I fear that an inchoate cri de coeur that "it all sucks, all of it" convinces few and achieves little compared to rather more focussed complaints. cf "All of Washington should be burned to the ground" vs "let's try to pass this particular reform".
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Many people have specific diagnoses and recommendations for reform. Lots in this thread; lots more if you want them:https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1122601322727927808 …
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I tried to message you a (fairly) long response but your account apparently doesn't allow for messaging! If you want to read what I had to say, feel free to message me.
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