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Comment author: DanArmak 14 July 2014 07:25:46PM *  5 points [-]

The author also argues that replication efforts are biased because they are mostly made by people who disagree with the original study. That seems like a valid point.

Original, non-replication studies are mostly made by people who agree with what their studies are showing. (Also, publication bias.) So this is not a reason to think replication studies are particularly biased.