[bip] Reproducible research

[Leighton Pritchard]

On 09/03/2009 15:32, "Andrew Dalke" <dalke at dalkescientific.com> wrote:

> On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:20 AM, James Taylor wrote:
>> Um... no. If nobody can reproduce it, it is not science.
> 
> How reproducible are astronomical observations? Are they
> science? 

<pedant>
No - they're observations.  No observations are reproducible in a strict
sense.  Observations play an important role in Science, but they are not
Science.
</pedant>

<facetious>
...and we're back to Bigfoot... ;)
</facetious>

L.
 
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