Meanwhile, people are arguing that $28 billion dollars are already being wasted each year on research that is not reproducible.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.plos.org&#x2F;plosbiology&#x2F;article?id=10.1371&#x2F;journal.pbio.1002165" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.plos.org&#x2F;plosbiology&#x2F;article?id=10.1371&#x2F;jour...</a><p>So that gift may amount to 2-3 days worth of what is already being wasted each year. Yes, that study may be way off. The scientific way to go about this is to actually see what is reproducible or not, rather than assume most research must be reproducible.