Limits of the scientific method

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"The Truth Wears Off: Is there something wrong with the scientific method?" by Jonah Lehrer

...all sorts of well-established, multiply confirmed findings have started to look increasingly uncertain. It’s as if our facts were losing their truth: claims that have been enshrined in textbooks are suddenly unprovable. This phenomenon doesn’t yet have an official name, but it’s occurring across a wide range of fields, from psychology to ecology.

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Electromagnetic theory is working pretty well here, at the moment.

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handy.

also, a lot of my drugs are still working, and i am finding a lot of stuff like bricks are still holding together, and cement is still good, steel, radio waves. all good.