Daily Archives: May 14, 2011

On admitting and correcting mistakes

by Judith Curry

Inside Higher Education (UK) has a lengthy article by Darrel Ince  entitled “Systems failure”, with the subtitle “A scandal involving clinical trials based on research that was riddled with errors shows that journals, institutions and individuals must raise their standards.”   An interview with Ince can be found here.  There is discussion of this on two threads at Bishop Hill (here and here).  The article and interview are very thought provoking, with relevance to the context of the climate debate.

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