Monthly Archives: December 2010

At last, some serious discussion about decline

It is perhaps still too soon to say — since the New Yorker came out on Monday and this is just Thursday — but I think that the zeitgeist is finally turning to serious consideration of the decline effect. Which is great news for me, and for people like Jonathan Schooler.
First, let me explain for …

December 17, 2010 – 12:11 am | By admin | Posted in Decline Effect, General news | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

New Yorker article

I’ve had a number of friends tell me about the article in the New Yorker by Jonah Lehrer, ‘The Truth Wears Off,’ about declines in a number of scientific fields. I’m in a mad rush today so I can’t do much more than note that I’ve seen it, and that yes, he’s talking about many …

December 14, 2010 – 9:55 pm | By admin | Posted in Decline Effect, General news | Tagged , | Comments (0)