Tag: statistics

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The Other School

Nice To Err

If it were possible to eliminate all the errors in the world, take into account all circumstances and predict all consequences, then science would become unnecessary, and life would be boring and repetitive. Without mistakes, there would be no evolution or diversity. We would either be at a standstill, or completely extinct.

Szymon Drobniak

Ghoti in the Machine

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Science

Ghoti in the Machine

Replicability is a cornerstone of scientific research, but is often lacking from studies. Our correspondent explores the replication crisis, with the help of a dead salmon.