02.09.10
Science self-correcting??
We might err, but science is self-correcting
by John Krebs – TimesOnline
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7018438.ece
from dawkins site
My non-scientist friends are beginning to ask me “What’s gone wrong with science?” Revelations about melting glaciers and potentially dodgy emails about global warming, the resurfacing of Andrew Wakefield and the MMR scare, and the sacking of the Government’s drugs adviser, have created the impression for some people that science is in a mess.
On evolution, we have the sobering fact that science is not self-correcting