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		mcguire on Sept 13, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The foot soldiers behind psychology’s replication ... Does any science spend any special amount of effort replicating previous studies? Unless the prior study is extraordinary, anyway. It took nearly 50 years for Piltdown Man to be exposed, likely because it told scientists what they wanted to hear.

nonbel on Sept 13, 2018 [–]

Sure, in some areas of physics they reproduce studies millions or billions of times by figuring out how to get it done cheaper and cheaper until students can do it:

https://hepweb.ucsd.edu/2dl/pasco/Millikans%20Oil%20Drop%20M...

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