Scary: 73 teams tested the same hypotheses with the same data. Some found negative results, some positive, some nada. No effect of expertise or confirmation bias. "Idiosyncratic researcher variability is a threat to the reliability of scientific findings." https://t.co/pCRR2wFVWE pic.twitter.com/bDbV8SbxSM
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 14, 2022
BELIEVE SCIENCE!!!!!!!
(More seriously, results are difficult to assess with small effect sizes in a high-noise environment. As we search more deeply for less and less, anything real will be harder to find and matter little, as well as being extremely sensitive to external factors.)