Culture of Trial and Error

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Culture of Trial and Error

October 05, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Self, Correction, and Science in Conflict-Laden Science

Once upon a time, when it was said that science self-corrects, the image was of a relatively unified culture, a body of practices guided by shared norms of disinterested inquiry.

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Culture of Trial and Error

September 01, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Engines of Science Correction in the Biosciences - And How They Sometimes Run Out of Steam

Scientific correction is often imagined as a clear-cut, procedural, and largely self-contained response to error

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Culture of Trial and Error

July 30, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: The Promise of Open Notebook Science

Open notebook science challenges the traditional ways we produce and share knowledge, creating a more transparent and collaborative approach to research that could foster science correction

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Culture of Trial and Error

June 29, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Hoaxes, Thought Experiments & Science Sleuths: Sniffing Out Ways to Correct the Scientific Record

In August 2024, a peculiar letter to the editor titled “Practice of Neurosurgery on Saturn” was published in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.

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Culture of Trial and Error

June 02, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Wissenschaftschmerz

Something is rotten in the state of science.

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Culture of Trial and Error

March 25, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Replication in Social Psychology

Cultures of Trial and Error: Replication in Social Psychology (by Maarten Derksen)

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Culture of Trial and Error

February 27, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers in Science Correction

A JOTE x NanoBubbles blog post series, with guest editors Melpomeni (Melina) Antonakaki, Candida F. Sánchez Burmester, Mady Barbeitas.