If a set of experiments produces the result contrary to what a team of scientists needs to find they simply file it away and we will never hear about it.
Historians of science call this bias the file-drawer problem.
Wrong: Why experts keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more
This is another book about error, bias and ignorance.
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