Dedicated to Tandykane, for being the umpteenth science denialist to throw this article at me: may you learn something from it.
John Ioaniddis' article "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False"
More about John on Wikipedia
Alex Tabarrok on Marginal Revolution, a great article summarizing the math
Orac's blog, Respectful Insolence, covers the misuse of this research in popular media and the Internet.
Here's Newsweek completely misinterpreting the finding to satisfy an anti-science narrative
Dr. Steven Novella on his blog Neurologica
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