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Science And The Premature Press Release

Posted by timothy on from the appeals-to-common-sense dept.

Dr. Dew writes: "The San Francisco Chronicle's story on misinterpreted research, erroneous claims, and the vagaries of cutting-edge science is an interesting read. Fortunately, it's less fun thinking about knowing it all, and more fun figuring out how to discover and learn the next thing."

2 of 10 comments (clear)

  1. Misconception by forkspoon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a general misconception in society about many topics in science. Releasing conclusions to early (leading to frequent retractions) adds quite a bit to this problem. People tend to trust science less because it seems like its constantly changing in fundamental ways that disprove all older ideas, which is partially true, but in fact is an essential part of the scientific process.

    Thanks,

    Travis
    travis_hadley@hotmail.com

  2. SCIENCE MADE STUPID by gwizah · · Score: 3, Informative

    For further reading into this and other unexplained phoenomena concerning scientific research may I suggest: SCIENCE MADE STUPID


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