Most prestigelly published papers to be wrong

[Breakable]

One group of researchers thinks headline-grabbing scientific reports are the most likely to turn out to be wrong
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12376658

[Brian H]

Breakable wrote: One group of researchers thinks headline-grabbing scientific reports are the most likely to turn out to be wrong
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12376658

Yes, some think it’s because they are the most dramatic, and some think it’s because researchers fudge the results to make them sound much stronger than they are.

It has often been observed that science REALLY needs a Journal Of Negative Results. “It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion ” {Robt. Burns, Ode to a Louse}.

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