This is everything we stand against. We’ve been so immersed in this culture that “method research is different” that we thought that the reproducibility crisis did not apply. As fish do not see the surrounding water, we don’t see the publication bias because it’s all around us.

But the good news is: we already have the tools to change this. We should acknowledge that method-development research is hypothesis-driven research. #Preregistration#RegisteredReports should become the norm. Then, we will become more confident, rigorous, and effective.