A lot of scientific studies (some funded by grants) are never tested through replication, even though that's a core part of the process.
Replication is the unsexy grunt work that makes science reliable, but it usually doesn't make anyone famous (or necessarily even get them tenure), because it's not bleeding edge work creating or advancing new theories.
Maybe the government should treat this like a market failure and generously fund replication studies.
Replication is the unsexy grunt work that makes science reliable, but it usually doesn't make anyone famous (or necessarily even get them tenure), because it's not bleeding edge work creating or advancing new theories.
Maybe the government should treat this like a market failure and generously fund replication studies.
Planet Money on the replication issue: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/15/463237871/episo...
Replication crisis (wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis