The problem in the human studies areas with reproducibility are legend. The whole point there is that they are applying the wrong methods to study their topics. They should be using praxeology rather than other methods. When they use it en economics the results are amazingly reproducible! Some economists do not like to admit that because they are applying physical science methods to economics and getting results that are all fantasyland.

Rothbardian_fanatic

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The strain on scientific publishing

south_korea_ln

Right, most of what I wrote was based on my experience as a physicist where the human aspect is minimized. I'm not sure how much of that translates to the world of humanities where I don't have any personal experience. Indeed, the problem of confounding variables, etc are much harder to assess and control. That's why I am also always much more skeptical on conclusions made on human behavior. Remember the [reproducibility crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis) in the field of psychology...