Publication bias and the canonization of false facts

Science is facing a “replication crisis” in which many experimental findings cannot be replicated and are likely to be false. Does this imply that many scientific facts are false as well? To find out, we explore the process by which a claim becomes fact. We model the community’s confidence in a clai...

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Main Authors: Silas Boye Nissen, Tali Magidson, Kevin Gross, Carl T Bergstrom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/21451