"And science journalists, competing for space with political and sports news, welcome astounding claims without always kicking the tires as hard as necessary. These factors sometimes combine to give substantial publicity to scientific claims that may not fully deserve such attention."
That's an important point, and of course is why I am so fond of linking to Peter Norvig's webpage on evaluating scientific research
That's an important point, and of course is why I am so fond of linking to Peter Norvig's webpage on evaluating scientific research
http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html
when we see links to news stories about science discoveries here on HN.