While I understand that the life sciences dominate science research right now, it still annoys me when I read a headline about "most scientists" and the article is exclusively about the life sciences. Even if the physical sciences have reproducibility issues of their own, those issues may be different enough to frustrate lumping all of the sciences together.
I suggest that future articles about the reproducibility crisis should either: a) Specify "life science" in the title, or b) demonstrate that the generalization is justified.
My field (physics) is certainly not perfect, but we do have a reasonable body of reliable knowledge including reproducible effects. I work for a company that makes measurement equipment, and we are deeply concerned with demonstrating the degree to which measurements are reproducible.
I suggest that future articles about the reproducibility crisis should either: a) Specify "life science" in the title, or b) demonstrate that the generalization is justified.
My field (physics) is certainly not perfect, but we do have a reasonable body of reliable knowledge including reproducible effects. I work for a company that makes measurement equipment, and we are deeply concerned with demonstrating the degree to which measurements are reproducible.