Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them

# Summary The article argues that scientific rules and regulations cannot solve the replication crisis because compliance depends on researchers' underlying motivations, not enforcement mechanisms. Drawing a parallel to Stalin's Soviet Union—which had progressive constitutional protections that were systematically violated—the author contends that without genuine commitment to truth-seeking, guidelines like preregistration and data transparency will be ignored, as evidenced by widespread non-compliance rates across the field.