diff --git a/journal/mooc-notes.md b/journal/mooc-notes.md index cc03c8a85a0221b7ebad671d16917e5f509dcc77..c348fd05acf8423a1ed57692d7a0d4ee2d706868 100644 --- a/journal/mooc-notes.md +++ b/journal/mooc-notes.md @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ I think that the main point is that, although reproductiblity can have *many* me we now collectively strieve to make reproductible research. Why ? -- **Legitimacy = reproductibility now** Perhaps in past centuries, legitimacy of the research and truths uncovered came hand in hand with -- the legitimacy and reputation of scientists that made such discoveries, because there were few of them. Now, legitimacy is about consensus and there cannot -- be consensus if _*others*_ cannot verify your assertions +- **Legitimacy = reproductibility now** Perhaps in past centuries, legitimacy of the research and truths uncovered came hand in hand with +- the legitimacy and reputation of scientists that made such discoveries, because there were few of them. +- Now, legitimacy is about consensus and there cannot be consensus if _*others*_ cannot verify your assertions - **Transparency** A new movement of transparency in science also influences the need for reproductibility - **Pragmatism** My own point of view is that, for some research areas, if an experiment or a method is not reproductible then it's not useful