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Fun Fact: Rat Park has never replicated, and is now considered bunk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park#Replication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park#R
by throwayyy479087 3y ago
Fun Fact: Rat Park has never replicated, and is now considered bunk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park#Replication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park#Replication
- cwkoss 3y agoOne graduate student failing to replicate does not support the assertion that it 'is now considered bunk'
- eurasiantiger 3y agoYou’re being disingenuous. ”There has been little subsequent interest in replicating the studies due to several methodological issues present in the originals”
- phendrenad2 3y agoA paper with many egregious methodological issues is, at worst, a paper that should be ignored, as though it never happened. We cannot say that it is "wrong" or "incorrect" or "bunk" because it's a nothing, a non-argument. Until the experiments are repeated, sans egregious methodological issues, we can't logically make that determination.
- eurasiantiger 3y agoSo if it’s generally accepted that the world is flat, we shouldn’t listen to anyone claiming otherwise?
- cwkoss 3y agoA better analogy would be "If it’s generally accepted that the world is flat, we shouldn't assume its round because one student was unable to measure the curvature."