So here's the deal.
Researchers recently tried to replicate 100 experiments in psychology that were.
The center for Open Science recruited colleagues.
From around the world to try and replicate.
They found that most of them could not be reproduced with the same results.
In fact, depending on how you.
Welcome to hidden brain.
I'm Shankar Vedanta.
Today we're going to talk about what has been called a replication crisis in science.
The replicators in this recent study failed to get the same findings from the original experiment.
From cancer medicine to psychology, researchers are finding that many claims made in scientific studies fail to hold up when those studies are repeated by an independent group.
Later in this episode, we're going to explore one provocative study that looked at stereotypes about Asians, women and math tests and explain what happened when researchers tried to reproduce the finding.
We're going to use this story to explore a deeper question.
What do scientists really mean when they talk about the truth?
Before we get to that story, I want to give you some context.
The crisis has actually been a long time coming.
In 2011, for example, dutch researchers claim that broken sidewalks encourage racism.
They published their findings in one of the most prestigious academic journals, Science magazine.
A couple of years later, another article in Science showed that when a gay person shows up at a stranger's door and speaks openly about what it's like to be gay, this has an extraordinary effect.
It was the personal connection between the gay person who they were trying to show, you know, there in person.