Reproducibility
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The reproducibility of scientific results is one of the keys to their widespread acceptance. Irreproducible results are generally discarded or ignored.
However, in many significant historical instances, mainstream scientists have refused to consider new finding or theories. This has lead to decades of delay before they were accepted.