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标题：Commentary A contemporary pathology of science
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作者：Carlo Modonesi ; Lorenzo Farina ; Ignazio Licata 等
期刊名称：Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita
印刷版ISSN：0021-2571
出版年度：2008
卷号：44
期号：03
页码：211-213
出版社：Editrice Kurtis Srl
摘要：A contemporary pathology of science is outlined. This pathology suggests that “previous knowledge” drastically limits innovative thinking in science. In very raw “Bayesian” terms it is affirmed that a too rich and flexible a priori knowledge is detrimental to the appreciation of novelty coming from experimental results by both lowering the relative weight assigned to a posteriori contrasting evidence and adapting potentially revolutionary findings to an already existing frame.
关键词：epistemology, statistics, physics, pharmacology, computational biology.