As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

The idea of evidence-based medicine has been around since the 1980s, and the term was officially coined in the 1990s. It arose from the realization that medicine was highly dependent upon the ...

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A recent high-profile paper suggesting that science is becoming dramatically less disruptive set the academic world abuzz. One interpretation of this finding — though by no means the only one — is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. Pelin Wood Thorogood is a tech executive turned impact ...