Well I hadn't heard that the great *majority* of research is considered untrustworthy - and I don't recall our discussions here pointing that up. Some yes, the majority no.
And that's clearly why the N Scientist is making this its lead article today On 19 October 2013 22:57, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM, tintner michael <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> Worth reading lead article this week's New Scientist -claims that the >> great majority of neuroscientific research is untrustworthy - while hoping >> that this may lead to a new more solid stage of research. >> > > This is the oldest of news - more than half a century. One side want solid > reproducible results, the other side says that this isn't possible, so > let's publish SOMETHING. > > There is a LOT that is below the threshold of publication, that you can > learn by working with others in a wet lab. I did this, and heard things ~40 > years ago that are must now being "discovered", along with much more that > has yet to be "discovered". > > This can ONLY happen with MUCH better equipment. My microscope proposal is > clearly supportive of this goal. Until then, we seem to be stuck with the > status quo. > > BTW, SOMEONE should publish a book of neuroscientific suspicions. It would > be hard to find a researcher who couldn't add something to such a book. > THIS could guide machine learning MUCH better than current published > neuroscientific research. > > Steve > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
