Problems with scientific research How science goes wrong Scientific research has changed the world. Now it needs to change itself The Economist Oct 19th 2013
...But success can breed complacency. Modern scientists are doing too much trusting and not enough verifying—to the detriment of the whole of science, and of humanity. Too many of the findings that fill the academic ether are the result of shoddy experiments or poor analysis (see article). ------------- Fascinating that this critique was published in The Economist and directed at other fields and not once mention Economics as a field of questionable wisdom. Cura te ispsum. It sounds better in Latin---not that I know Latin. The real culprit in biotech is the business mentality that intersects with the labs doing independent research. And the government funding guidelines are not entirely neutral either. There is nearly an automatic channeling of research toward `applications' which means `products', which means some economic benefit. CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
