Poor hypotheses and research waste in biology: learning from a theory crisis in psychology
Abstract While psychologists have extensively discussed the notion of a “theory crisis” arising from vague and incorrect hypotheses, there has been no debate about such a crisis in biology. However, biologists have long discussed communication failures between theoreticians and empiricists. We argue...
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| Main Authors: | Shinichi Nakagawa, David W. Armitage, Tom Froese, Yefeng Yang, Malgorzata Lagisz |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02134-w |
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