Interesting what gets downvoted here (the parent comment looks very "light gray" at the time I'm writing this). So in support and just for reference, some arti

Interesting what gets downvoted here (the parent comment looks very "light gray" at the time I'm writing this). So in support and just for reference, some articles: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jou... (Why Most Published Research Findings Are False) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-epidemic-of-false-claims/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-epidemic-of-fal... http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-t... http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-research-has-changed-world-now-it-needs-change-itself-how-science-goes-wrong http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-re... http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/10/science-wrong http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/10/science-wrong