@freemo @L29Ah @hansw@mastodon.social I agree there is a strong bias. Society loves heroes so, most of the stories are written in this. Moreover, there is no mean to know if they were desmotivated at least for a moment because we all love that epic too. And even failures are known only when something came up from it. But what about all the others? I agree that failure is a main part in the process. A brief book is Failure: Why Science Is so Successful by Stuart Firestein
In 1990 63% of published studies claimed to have produced positive results. By 2007 this was more than 85%. "in my view, it’s the scientists who report negative results who are more likely to move a field forward."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02960-3
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/j8kyhh/in_1990_63_of_published_studies_claimed_to_have/?utm_source=ifttt
@tfardet @christian_zerfass Yeah, the most important point is that hopefully there will be many vaccines available all over the globe, which is not sure yet. BTW RNA vaccines seem to rule!
Really interesting thoughts on scientific papers in this classic article. http://blog.thegrandlocus.com/static/misc/is_the_scientific_paper_fraudulent.pdf
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@dantheclamman hahaha many people liked it. The same with using WordArt everywhere. Now both old-fashioned.
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