Episode 923 • • 16:57 - 18:38
923: Terror Put
Reproducibility Crisis, The Economist and Scientific Study Failures
The Economist reports on the "reproducibility crisis" in modern science, noting that many seminal studies cannot be replicated. Researchers at Bayer Healthcare successfully reproduced only 25% of 67 major studies in drug discovery. The hosts argue that the lack of motivation for reproducible studies undermines the credibility of the scientific community.