"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.
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,
whom I have not made sad;
Ezekiel 13:22
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.
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,
whom I have not made sad;
Ezekiel 13:22