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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about issues with not being able to reproduce data:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/feb/07/scienctific-research-peer-review-reproducing-data
http://www.nature.com/news/reproducibility-1.17552
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/if-you-fail-reproduce-another-scientist-s-results-journal-wants-know

research being done with cell lines that turn out to be from different line of origin than thought:
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/354/354re3
http://retractionwatch.com/2016/08/31/widely-used-brain-tumor-cell-line-may-not-be-what-researchers-thought-it-was/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22987579

and contamination of culture with other cell types:
https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/21/studies-wrong-cells/[/quote]

The NIH has addressed the issues with cell lines by requiring researchers to authenticate cell lines and other key biological resources.  
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but there will be - and already is - so much else. remember "why most research findings are false".  a lot of science relies on statistics, yet lot of statistics that is done is actually incorrect. incorrect in terms of mere calculations, tests used etc.

it's the incentive structure is screwed up. people are expected to make scientific discoveries at great pace early in their careers in order to make 50k a year after so many years of schooling. way too many people who are very talented yet no einsteins are chasing very few long-term positions. if they don't catch them, all of their schooling goes to waste, basically. meanwhile people with degrees in nursing make over 100k. this is crazy.[/quote]

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