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05/30/23 8:20 AM

#12710 RE: Vexari #12707

Scientists aim for their studies’ findings to be replicable — so that, for example, an experiment testing ideas about the attraction between electrons and protons should yield the same results when repeated in different labs. Similarly, two different researchers studying the same dinosaur bone in the same way should come to the same conclusions regarding its measurements and composition—though they may interpret that evidence differently (e.g., regarding what it means about dinosaur growth patterns). This goal of replicability makes sense. After all, science aims to reconstruct the unchanging rules by which the universe operates, and those same rules apply, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from Sweden to Saturn, regardless of who is studying them. If a finding can’t be replicated, it suggests that our current understanding of the study system or our methods of testing are insufficient.

Simply guessing that they might be wrong without testing their findings is not science.

Stating that they are doing something nefarious without testing their findings is Conspiracy Theory.

Consider the Thanos Blood Testing scam. She went to jail for fraud because her blood test was fake. It could not be replicated by others and she took investor’s money anyway.