Experiment Validity Debate

Commenters question the methodology, reproducibility, robustness, and conclusions of a specific experiment from the post, often requesting links, replications, or more robust designs.

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Sample Comments

gtt β€’ Jul 18, 2014 β€’ View on HN

What if it is some kind of experiment?

jacobolus β€’ Mar 27, 2018 β€’ View on HN

Do you have a link to this experiment?

lm28469 β€’ Dec 12, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Feel free to share your experiments, I cannot reproduce them but you seem very sure about your stance so I am convinced you gave it a try, right ?

dave4420 β€’ Jul 6, 2024 β€’ View on HN

That was the experiment they did?

bhousel β€’ Dec 13, 2010 β€’ View on HN

That would be nice, but then you're not doing an experiment.

telaelit β€’ Oct 31, 2021 β€’ View on HN

what makes you think they’re not still doing experiments like this?

nix23 β€’ Aug 2, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Let's see how that experiment works out.

jpwagner β€’ Aug 26, 2009 β€’ View on HN

this would be interesting if the experiment were more robust...

norswap β€’ Jan 23, 2019 β€’ View on HN

It's a cool experiment, but why post this β€” there aren't any conclusions yet!

TheLogothete β€’ Apr 26, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Because of a single experiment in highly controlled environment :) Please come back to earth.