This is true; it works in one direction, but not in the other.
But how the post which I replied to was worded suggested that one can automatically trust “science”, provided that it be published in a credible journal.
I also find that very often in the most reputable journals is where the most sensational papers end up before any attempt at reproduction has been made simply because the data they measured was far from the null hypothesis, which may entirely be a statistical fluke and not hold up under a reproduction attempt.
It is really quite easy to obtain spectacular data as a fluke.
But how the post which I replied to was worded suggested that one can automatically trust “science”, provided that it be published in a credible journal.
I also find that very often in the most reputable journals is where the most sensational papers end up before any attempt at reproduction has been made simply because the data they measured was far from the null hypothesis, which may entirely be a statistical fluke and not hold up under a reproduction attempt.
It is really quite easy to obtain spectacular data as a fluke.