Have you ever been discussing something with a person who disagreed with you and they just didn’t seem to listen? Maybe they twisted your words and interpreted what you said in the worst of ways? Indeed, maybe you yourself have been arguing with some ignorant anonymous jerk in the comments section of social media and…

A key component of scientific practice has long been reproducibility: the expectation that any experiment performed should yield the same basic results when someone else performs it; in other words, the expectation that other people can follow your procedure and reproduce your findings. Even the most famous and respected scientists should have their work checked.…