Editorial Insights and Implications: Beyond Proof: Living in the New Age of Uncertainty

摘要

"The Truth Wears Off is a fascinating article. It appeared, last month (13 December) in The New Yorker magazine. Written by Jonah Leher (author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientisi), the article's subtitle, "Is there something wrong with the scientific method?" says lots. Lehrer presents the research work of several scientists and scholars, most of whom have seen their replicated, peer-reviewed scientific findings and experimental results fade in veracity over time and not be replicable.