The Importance of Reproducibility in Science: Why It Matters

14 Feb 2024 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube talk by Charles Cormier about the importance of reproducibility in science. The speaker, with a scientific background, argues that reproducibility—being able to replicate results by doing the same thing—is central to good science, and warns that when computers give conflicting outputs it undermines that standard and risks turning results into mere narratives or "fake news."

And so now our computers are in disagreement. And which one is right? You know, fake news. That's a huge problem. The. The background. I come from science, it is built on reproducibility and the ability of anybody to replicate a result. You do the same thing, you should get the same result. And that's what makes good science. You can't do that if you can't replicate it. It's now just a story, a narrative.