Why Published Research Findings Are Often False

This Slashdot article (based on an article in the Newyorker) is asking some interesting questions about scientific publications. The readers comments suggest different types of reciprocity …

Jonah Lehrer has an interesting article in the New Yorker reporting that all sorts of well-established, multiply confirmed findings in science have started to look increasingly uncertain as they cannot be replicated …

… According to John Ioannidis, author of Why Most Published Research Findings Are False, the main problem is that too many researchers engage in what he calls ‘significance chasing,’ …

I recommend reading the comments of the slashdot readers…

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