Decline Effect Articles
Users share and recommend links to long-form articles, particularly from The New Yorker and NYT, discussing the 'decline effect' where initial scientific findings weaken or fail to replicate over time.
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Link to the NewYorker piece: https://archive.ph/VQ1fT
This made me think of this excellent read:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/13/the-truth-wear...
Is there a particular article or essay this is from? Would love to read about this.
The NYT essay this article is about: https://archive.is/ZEtfL
Original article in The New Yorker discussed here:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37161347
To be honest, that article is a bit of a fluff piece, his essay in the New Statesman on the subject puts his point across better. - https://www.newstatesman.com/node/148940
This sounds just like an article I read a few days ago:http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/04/29/beware-the-too-comp...
I found this to be a better article on the subject:http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_...
It's a great article by an insightful individual.If you haven't read it, do so.You can read further discussion on this 270 days old article at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3388290
Previous discussion on a similar article from the Atlantic (2023) [0][0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38719249