The test of replicability, as it’s known, is the foundation of modern research. It’s a safeguard for the creep of subjectivity. But now all sorts of well-established, multiply confirmed findings have started to look increasingly uncertain. It’s as if our facts are losing their truth. This phenomenon doesn’t yet have an official name, but it’s occurring across a wide range of fields, from psychology to ecology.
via newyorker.com
Fascinating article that looks at a range of reasons why some research results have proved hard to replicate over time. It gets to the limits of what we really know to be true.
Dale Dougherty 