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Another 2 items for your list: particular to your context: the experiment worked in your hands, but it works ~only within your particular context (the pollen mix in Austin, or your particular handwashing protocol, or the way people at your university smile to each other, or the... Original results often aren’t reproducible because as you said they’re incentivized to publish significant results, and therefore often find an effect that isn’t there: 1. Experimental design - Researchers make design choices to lead to significant results (e.g....