Charles Piller

Isn't that why we have the replication crisis that we currently do?

Isn't that why we have the replication crisis that we currently do?

Isn't that why we have the replication crisis that we currently do?

It is. And you see it in all different fields, not just, of course, in Alzheimer's disease, but in all different kinds of medicine and social sciences. Psychology a lot? Absolutely. Yeah, it's a big problem.

It is. And you see it in all different fields, not just, of course, in Alzheimer's disease, but in all different kinds of medicine and social sciences. Psychology a lot? Absolutely. Yeah, it's a big problem.

It is. And you see it in all different fields, not just, of course, in Alzheimer's disease, but in all different kinds of medicine and social sciences. Psychology a lot? Absolutely. Yeah, it's a big problem.

And for those who don't know, the replication crisis is if we had a piece of research done in the 1950s, we try and replicate the same research with similar methods, we don't usually get the same results. And that's a problem because generally speaking, when we do a piece of research, we should be able to, using the same methods, get to the same results.

And for those who don't know, the replication crisis is if we had a piece of research done in the 1950s, we try and replicate the same research with similar methods, we don't usually get the same results. And that's a problem because generally speaking, when we do a piece of research, we should be able to, using the same methods, get to the same results.

And for those who don't know, the replication crisis is if we had a piece of research done in the 1950s, we try and replicate the same research with similar methods, we don't usually get the same results. And that's a problem because generally speaking, when we do a piece of research, we should be able to, using the same methods, get to the same results.

Why do you think that we're not being able to replicate those studies? You think it's largely because of fraud, methodological errors, something else?

Why do you think that we're not being able to replicate those studies? You think it's largely because of fraud, methodological errors, something else?

Why do you think that we're not being able to replicate those studies? You think it's largely because of fraud, methodological errors, something else?

I think it has more to do with the incentive structure of science and how scientists build their careers. So often the paradigm publish or perish is extremely true in all different realms of science, in biomedical science, in physics, in sociology, whatever scientific field you're in. And That means creating a lot of papers.

I think it has more to do with the incentive structure of science and how scientists build their careers. So often the paradigm publish or perish is extremely true in all different realms of science, in biomedical science, in physics, in sociology, whatever scientific field you're in. And That means creating a lot of papers.

I think it has more to do with the incentive structure of science and how scientists build their careers. So often the paradigm publish or perish is extremely true in all different realms of science, in biomedical science, in physics, in sociology, whatever scientific field you're in. And That means creating a lot of papers.

And one thing that we know from bitter experience is that people don't go back and say, hmm, this didn't look quite right. This other scientist's work didn't look quite right. I'm going to check it out. do an experiment of my own that's similar or the same as this, because it's very difficult to get those published.

And one thing that we know from bitter experience is that people don't go back and say, hmm, this didn't look quite right. This other scientist's work didn't look quite right. I'm going to check it out. do an experiment of my own that's similar or the same as this, because it's very difficult to get those published.

And one thing that we know from bitter experience is that people don't go back and say, hmm, this didn't look quite right. This other scientist's work didn't look quite right. I'm going to check it out. do an experiment of my own that's similar or the same as this, because it's very difficult to get those published.

Journals do not want replicated studies, especially if they're equivocal or if they disprove something, particularly if the original experiment showing something ostensibly important was done by a well-known or famous or perhaps just esteemed experimenter.

Journals do not want replicated studies, especially if they're equivocal or if they disprove something, particularly if the original experiment showing something ostensibly important was done by a well-known or famous or perhaps just esteemed experimenter.