Reproducibility of software is a truly trivial problem in comparison.
Reproducibility of software is a truly trivial problem in comparison.
Reproducible? Many people could do it, if they made the effort, but how long it would take is anybody's guess.
Experiments like that require a lot of fingerspitzengefühl from those performing them. Worse, that doesn't readily translate between labs. For example, an experimental setup in a small lab might force an experimenter in a body posture that makes his hand vibrate less when doing the experiment. If he isn't aware of that advantage, he will not be able to repeat his experiment in a better lab (I also know guys who jokingly stated they got best results with a slight hangover; there might have been some truth in that)
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10516762?dopt=Citation
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contaminated_cell_line...