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Is Science Reaching Its Limits? — John Horgan

The Joe Walker Podcast

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How to Measure Scientific Progress in Aggregation

There are ways of objectively measuring scientific progress in aggregate, he says. John Van Rina: Have you heard of this study by Benjamin Jones and Bruce Weinberg where they studied how old scientists are when they make their great discoveries? Are these the guys who've been sort of writing about the decreasing productivity of science for a while?

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