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I'm not a scientist so maybe I don't get it, but it seems like code could be analogized to a chemist's laboratory (roughly). If a chemist published pictures of their lab setup in their paper, and it turned out that they were using dirty glassware, paper cups instead of beakers, duct taping joints, etc etc, wouldn't that cast some doubt on their results? They would be getting "nitpicked" but would it be unfair? Maybe their result would be reproducible regardless of their sloppy practices, but until then I would be more skeptical than I would be of a clean and orderly lab.