The precise consequences for a scientist whose work has been discredited will vary considerable from context to context. In general terms, however, scientists whose findings have been shown to be false will respond in one of several ways: First, they may refuse to accept the judgment made, perhaps by engaging in significant efforts to justify their work; second, they may return to their foundations and resume their work (presumably, in a more creditable fashion); third, and more rarely, they may give up their scientific work altogether, whether by choice or as a result of the severity of the reaction of the scientific community.
it gave scientists a way to repeat others' work to make sure it was correct
To Verify Their Work
In a laboratory.
scientists work together or by themselves
Peer review
their ideas and creativity is lessened.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, with novels such as "The Great Gatsby," exposed the materialism and corruption of the Jazz Age, shedding light on the disillusionment and moral decay that characterized 1920s society.
lots, Galileo and others like him whose ideas conflicted with the church were to scared to try and spread the truth
When he had someone else do his home-work for him.
Other scientists
On the work of classical and medieval scientists before them.
Yes, scientists make mistakes. It's what happens in the world of science. It's how progress is made, through trial and error. If something doesn't work they try going at another angle. So, yes scientists make mistakes too
Scientists work on different stuff then historians do.
Scientists work together because, if one scientist get an answer wrong the other scientists might get it right and this is the same with experiments
getting answers to important questions
it gave scientists a way to repeat others' work to make sure it was correct
When scientists share the results of their work with other scientists, this contributes to the development of science, and everybody benefits. Science is about increasing the knowlege that the human race has about the universe in which we live, and that can only happen when scientific findings are publsihed. In addition, scientists benefit by having the accuracy of their work checked by other interested scientists, and by having the further implications and possibilities of their work explored by other scientists. No one scientist can do everything by him or herself. Even Isaac newton, who was probably the greatest scientist of all time, made a point of thanking other people whose earlier work made it possible for him to make that advances that he made (or as he poetically put it, if I have seen farther than others, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants).