From 4eaf67aaa018e4222b24f22bb36bed56103f5561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 2e9b90b0e54ef71cf3cf1d083c595975 <2e9b90b0e54ef71cf3cf1d083c595975@app-learninglab.inria.fr> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:07:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update mooc-notes.md --- journal/mooc-notes.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/journal/mooc-notes.md b/journal/mooc-notes.md index cc03c8a..c348fd0 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 -- 2.18.1