The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with re-enacting old experiments. Collectively, this is known as the “replication crisis.”  Economist Abel Brodeur has come up with one way to help fix this crisis: he’s invented an internationally crowdsourced surveillance system, designed to keep social scientists honest. He calls it the “Replication Games.”  Further Listening: <ul class="rte2-style-ul" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;"><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190568472/dan-ariely-francesca-gino-harvard-dishonesty-fabricated-data"target="_blank" >Fabricated data in research about honesty. You can't make this stuff up. Or, can you? </a></li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/15/463237871/episode-677-the-experiment-experiment"target="_blank" >The Experiment Experiment </a></li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/04/19/177999020/episode-357-how-much-should-we-trust-economics"target="_blank" >How Much Should We Trust Economics?</a></li></ul>This episode was hosted by Mary Childs and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi. It was produced by James Sneed and Emma Peaslee, with help from Willa Rubin. It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, and engineered by Ko Takasugi-Czernowin. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money’s executive producer.  Find more Planet Money: <a href="https://n.pr/3h92GwS"target="_blank" >Facebook</a> / <a href="https://n.pr/3FqLuws"target="_blank" >Instagram</a> / <a href="https://n.pr/3sGZdrq"target="_blank" >TikTok</a> / Our weekly <a href="https://n.pr/3zrFvUB"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>. Listen free at these links: <a href="http://n.pr/PM-digital"target="_blank" >Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://n.pr/3gTkQlR"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>, <a href="https://n.pr/3Bkb17W"target="_blank" >the NPR app</a> or anywhere you get podcasts. Help support Planet Money and hear our bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ <a href="http://n.pr/PM-digital"target="_blank" >in Apple Podcasts</a> or at <a href="https://n.pr/3HlREPz"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/planetmoney</a>. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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