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Is science really self-correcting? (abstract idealization versus concrete affairs) - C C - Apr 8, 2023
https://replicationnetwork.com/2023/04/05/reed-is-science-self-correcting-evidence-from-5-recent-papers-on-the-effect-of-replications-on-citations/
EXCERPTS: One of the defining features of science is its ability to self-correct. This means that when new evidence or better explanations emerge, scientific theories and models are modified or even discarded.
However, the question remains whether science really works this way. In this blog I review 5 recent papers that attempt to empirically answer this question. All five investigated whether there was a citation penalty from an unsuccessful replication. Although each of the papers utilized multiple approaches, I only report one or a small subset of results as representative of their analyses.
[...] All five find no evidence that psychology/economics are self-correcting. However, there are interesting things to learn in how they approached this question and that is what I want to cover in this blog... (MORE - missing details)