Problems of scientists: as one psychologist tries to fight against influence of cognitive distortions on science

Sometimes it seems surprising that the science in general somehow works. In 2005 the medical community was shaken by work with the provocative name "Why the Most Part of the Published Researches Is Wrong" [Ioannidis, J.P.A. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Medicine 2, e124 (2005)]. It was written by Ioannidis John, professor of medicine from Stanford university. It did not show an inaccuracy of any concrete result. It showed that the statistics of messages on successful opening did not coincide with how it is often possible to expect emergence of such opening...