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Replicability crisis in science

Replicability crisis in science

The replication crisis reveals that most claimed research findings may be false, with issues like p-hacking and incentive misalignment undermining scientific reliability.

  • Power posing's journey from 40 million-view TED phenomenon to debunked theory illustrates psychology's replication problems
  • More than 90% of psychology studies come from countries representing less than 15% of the global population, limiting generalizability
  • Scientists face misaligned incentives where publishing novel findings is rewarded over replication studies, driving questionable research practices

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