This is a well-known issue in scientific circles. The seminal paper of Ioannidis: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.002012

This is a well-known issue in scientific circles. The seminal paper of Ioannidis: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124 http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fj...