"The Truth Wears Off" by Jonah Lehrer
Published in the New Yorker, December 13, 2010
Another great science longread coming tomorrow...
Eric
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Longread #11 -- The Decline Effect -- 1/18/12
Science Week continues with this longread from Jonah Lehrer. It's about the "decline effect," which is the tendency for outcomes in scientific studies to get smaller over time. Replicability is a hallmark of empiricism, and in this article, Lehrer examines a host of reasons -- ranging from research and publication biases to sheer randomness -- for why so many studies confront less powerful results when replicated. This is an awesome article for anyone interested in the scientific process and how we come to know what is true and what is proven.
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