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joshcryer

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Tue Mar-02-10 04:11 PM
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4. It wasn't and isn't standard practice to release data and code.

Data usually comes from repositories that all scientists have access too (but not usually the general public; that has changed, though). Code, of course, serves little use, if you're trying to reproduce or expound upon ones given methodology.

There's a reason, say, Steven Macintyre hasn't contributed anything to the scientific process in many years. When he finds "flaws" if those "flaws" were actually scientifically sound, they would be quickly swept up by the scientific community and accepted as flaws. And then corrected.

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