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Lumifer comments on Confusion about science and technology - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 October 2013 08:55:20PM 1 point [-]

So the reproducibility problem is not lethal.

It is, because if publishing results that are not reproducible becomes acceptable, the incentives become all wrong.