John Arnold Made a Fortune at Enron. Now He’s Declared War on Bad Science
Wired,
2017
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The beauty of science is that it’s transparent and reproducible. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. But according to the Reproducibility Project, only 40% of published study results can be replicated. Today’s science also overemphasizes positive results: Equally relevant insights that you can glean from failed experiments will never make any headlines. Billionaire John Arnold is out to reduce scientific bias using the same healthy respect for data that made him millions of dollars at Enron. getAbstract recommends this summary to scientists and science aficionados.
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Sam Apple writes for Wired and teaches science writing at the University of Pennsylvania.
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