Science
Is hard.
Just dumping some links here for now:
Feynman on “cargo cult science”: http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/cargocul.htm
Feynman on “what is science”: http://www.fotuva.org/feynman/what_is_science.html
Ioannidis, Why Most Published Research Findings Are False: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
On how subtle it is: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/28/the-control-group-is-out-of-control/
Reinhart, http://www.statisticsdonewrong.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/rise-in-scientific-journal-retractions-prompts-calls-for-reform.html?pagewanted=all
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/
Another well argued summary: http://www.firstthings.com/article/2016/05/scientific-regress
The Lumber Room 
@Svat, Thanks. Had read the Feynman articles before.
Just read the “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False”.
I think this issue is field-specific.
I have always cringed about the lack of absolute determinism, when reading about new knowledge created in medicine, where the conclusions are fully dependant on a survey result.
sudarshanhs
Sat, 2015-10-17 at 09:35:13
The p-Value is abused all the time: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/statisticians-found-one-thing-they-can-agree-on-its-time-to-stop-misusing-p-values/
(The ASA statement on this: http://amstat.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108)
rmathew
Mon, 2016-05-02 at 18:09:30