Of course. I never do that as editor and I’ve never seen editor do that. But of course we all have limited exposure to the world of peer review. I agree multiple experiments does raise costs by increasing standards for ‘robustness’. Which affects what gets submitted, before editors/reviewers engage

Of course. My only (sarcastic) point was that it’s not a waste of money if you prefer to support the consulting industry as opposed to the research/teaching industry. And admin allegiances are a topic of much debate!

Interesting stuff. I like frank tone to writing. I’m most persuaded by arguments abt samples. Multiple experiments seem useful + I thought best practice for editors was never assign R&Rs conditional on more data collection. Pre-reg always seemed silly to me. Doesn’t hurt but not big deal either way.

Bad thing for who? It’s certainly good for the consulting class. And university admins may be closer to that world than the faculty world.

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Best not to think too deeply about this man’s words. A great philosopher he ain’t. But always reliably bizarre and odious.

Roasting some peaches and MY GOODNESS the apartment smells divine. God in a fruit indeed.

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Abolish College Football

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