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by edgyquant 934 days ago
Did they follow the exact same steps claimed to result in something? Did it result in that thing?

The repetition team being incompetent sounds like a cop out. The researcher did a bad job and it’s on them to explain better etc in that case. No excuses, if it can’t be reproduced it isn’t taken seriously no exceptions

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You have two groups of people. Either is equally likely to be incompetent.
How do you know which? Both will point fingers at the other.