DARK SECRETS: Karl popper - The Real Truth

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The contributor to Sky News accuses climate change ‘zealots’ of not having read the research. But his own reading is less than comprehensive

Reproducibility is the essence of scientific truth. Karl Popper wrote non-reproducible single occurrences are of no significance to science. To improve reproducibility, robust experimental design, better stats, data sharing, authenticated biomaterials, publishing negative data, better mentorship needed. We can't depend on one outcome/study. It's our collective responsibility to ensure reproducibility.

Historian Samuel Moyn's account of the downfall of liberalism raises intriguing questions — but can't answer them