I would like to present for inclusion into the debate on the scientific method how people ignore or disregard that there may be payola involved with the peer review process, one of the pillars of that method.
Once an article is published in a journal, the author can contact associates known to read the journals and offer a nice gift along with a cheat sheet for how the experiment was conducted so it can be duplicated.
You know, at the same time you make a call there is a knock on their door delivering a vacation, a new set of tires, some fine jewelry...you get the drift.
So true believers of the scientific method really think these payouts to get similar results aren't made?
This will mean, by the way, that sceptimatic's methodology is superior to that of the scientific method.
When submitting works for scientific peer review it is customary to include exactly how the experiments were conducted, no cheat sheets necessary.
The process of getting your work published is the method of peer review, the invitation to tear down the body of work goes out to the entire scientific community, not just a select group of peers, so the publishing scientist would needs pockets deeper than the combined wealth of the entire world to pay off everyone. Even you or scepti are free to correspond with the publications and flex your own scientific prowess to disprove a scientific paper, you just have to do it on equal terms as your own dissertations are also subject to formal scientific analysis and refutations.
Here is a short list of scientific journals that would love your input, be sure to send us links to your refutations so we can marvel at your insights.
https://www.omicsonline.org/scientific-journals.php