- Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science', claims study - Scientists incentivised to publish surprising results frequently in major journals, despite risk that such findings are likely to be wrong, suggests research. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/cut-throat-academia-leads-to-natural-selection-of-bad-science-claims-study?cmp=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience 558 comments science
- The Danger of Cosmic Genius - In The Range Of His Genius, Freeman Dyson Is Heir To Einstein. Dyson is academia's most celebrated, and otherwise revered, global-warming skeptic. Force-of-nature intellect. Genius in physics, mathematics, medicine. How can he be so wrong on climate change? http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306/ 7 comments worldnews