The editors of PLoS responding as editors to the article "Why most
published research findings are false".
"Too often editors and reviewers reward only the cleanest results and
the most straightforward conclusions. At PLoS Medicine, we seek to
create a publication environment that is comfortable with uncertainty.
We encourage authors to discuss biases, study limitations, and potential
confounding factors. We acknowledge that most studies published should
be viewed as hypothesis-generating, rather than conclusive. "
From: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020272
The direction the PLoS editors are going comes from the beginning quote
in this article:
"Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited
to open the way to the next better one.”—Konrad Lorenz, Austria
This just shifts the blame from the editors to the readers. False
findings generate false hypotheses.
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