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Replication crisis != poorly done studies != fake research. Related, but not the same.

Research may fail to replicate for many reasons. Especially in areas like social science. Test subject (person) randomly selected from a population in say, the '50s, was different from similarly selected test subject today.

Bad incentives & outright fakery just add to that mix of possible causes.




You clearly don't understand statistics. If a study is done such that this can be an issue, the study is at best useless




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