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by cypherpunks01 398 days ago
Like the old saying goes,

"It is difficult to get a researcher to stop P hacking, when his career depends on his not stopping P hacking."

2 comments

It is an old saying, and I’m not sure there’s much use to it as it feels like a mitigation.

No doubt the system needs to change, but lots of careers benefit from cheating or unethical behavior. It doesn’t rationalize it or force a choice on anyone.

Yeah that was kind of my feeling too while skimming through this: ”Good luck with that…”

It’s not a knowledge problem. It’s a vales and incentives problem.