• ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The Royal Society in London, a scientific institution since the 1600s, official motto is “On no one’s word”. One of the fundamental ideas of science is that everything should be reproducible. You literally don’t need to take anything on faith.

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      2 months ago

      Presuming you have all the instruments you need, an unlimited budget and the time to repeat everyone’s studies, yes.

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        2 months ago

        If only there was a review system in place where people with similar systems could confirm others findings… Maybe their peers…