Have you noticed how often we see one story about science proving something just to have another story a few months later proving the opposite? What is going on?

The big myth is that science produces accurate results – recent research by John Ioannidis titled “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” has demonstrated that the majority of scientific findings are wrong.

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“Old wives tales” developed and persisted because they had practical benefits over time, Dismiss them at your peril.

Then there is the myth of “scientific discovery”. How often do we hear the words “scientists discovered …..”

And in most cases this is as accurate as saying Columbus discovered America. What about the people who were living in America when he arrived there.