A colleague passed this article in the New Yorker on to me. I found it interesting, but unfortunately nothing I haven't already experienced countless times over the past 15 years as an academic and consulting statistician. However, it is heartening to see that the more "mainstream", non-scientific, literature has picked up on it.

I'd be interested to hear others' views. It is not an overly long read, and well worth it if you can spare 10 minutes.

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker

James.