He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Job 34:26,27
"We could solve much of the wrongness problem ... if the world simply stopped expecting scientists to be right. That’s because being wrong in science is fine, and even necessary—as long as scientists recognize that they blew it, report their mistake openly instead of disguising it as a success, and then move on to the next thing.... But as long as careers remain contingent on producing a stream of research that’s dressed up to seem more right than it is, scientists will keep delivering exactly that." David H. Freeman, in The Atlantic, November 2010.
Exhibit A:
