This is a very interesting question. A very strong variant I like is: "would aliens have discovered this, too?" [My variation seems mostly useful for very different purposes - it's not easily operationalized!]
Ulkar
UlkarOct 19, 2023
we normally take multiple independent discoveries as a strong evidence for veracity of the findings in question. what are the cases where several scientists independently arrived at the same *erroneous* conclusion?
Cf Susan Blackmore on the extraordinary difficulty in doing research on parapsychology:
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