Sorry, the conjunction of these two articles tickles my sense of irony
and appreciation of chutzpah, so I had to share them.
The first article from The New Yorker went into my collection recently
because it is a nicely told story about how most scientific results
are eventually found to be much less exciting than the original media
reports - the work of John Ioannidis features prominently.
"The truth wears off - Is there something wrong with the scientific method?"
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer
The second article from The Telegraph reveals the first author as a
"serial plagiarist and fabricator of stories", and shows that
journalists are at least as susceptible to the temptation to
exaggerate and invent facts as scientists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/the-daily-beast/9442846/Jayson-Blair-Jonah-Lehrers-resignation-mirrors-my-own.html
Michael
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