Thomas Kuhn: Karl Popper lives (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Friday, December 02, 2011, 18:58 (4718 days ago) @ David Turell

Science is in a boil, from 8,000 journals in 1970 to almost 31,000 now. And 2/3rds of the stuff (in the medical drug interest area) is not reproducable.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203764804577059841672541590.html?KEYWORDS...

Furthermore there are liberal and conservative views of proposed theories, as rigid as the folks in Congress in the USA.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204630904577058111041127168.html?KEYWORDS...

Scientific research has exploded, but is it real, and is peer review really helping or hindering? Comments, Matt?


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