Episode 100: Replication, replication, replication
From Science Fictions by Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie
April 28, 2026 · 1h 17m
About this episode
The hosts discuss four major meta-science papers published by Nature, focusing on the state of social and behavioral science.
We made it: triple figures! And as luck would have it, Nature just simultaneously published four major meta-science papers that are right up our street. Aw. Thanks, Nature . You shouldn’t have. How screwed is social/behavioural science? We read all four papers to find out. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who’s been listening for all this time. See you for the next hundred! Show notes * The four Nature papers: * Replication * Reproducibility * Robustness * The non-DARPA one Credits The Science Fictions podcast—all 100+ episodes of it!—is produced by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada Productions . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.com/subscribe
People in this episode
Hosts: Tom Chivers, Stuart Ritchie
Topics covered
- meta-science
- replication
- reproducibility
- social science
- behavioral science
- research integrity
Keywords
- meta-science
- replication
- reproducibility
- social science
- behavioral science
- Nature
- research integrity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nature, Yada Yada Productions
Books & works: Replication, Reproducibility, Robustness, The non-DARPA one
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