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Does History have a Replication Crisis?

Does History have a Replication Crisis?

I remember that as a kid in school, I was somewhat puzzled to learn that history was a field of study. Until then, I had imagined history simply as the sum of events that happened in the past, no ambiguity, just something one can learn about and then know. This came back to my mind when I read this interesting piece on how β€” similar to psychology a decade ago β€” history might have a serious problem with the reproducibility of some its findings.


From Weekly Filet #455, in September 2023.

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