The Value of Failure in Science: The Story of Grandmother Cells in Neuroscience
The annals of science are filled with successes. Only in footnotes do we hear about the failures, the cul-de-sacs, and the forgotten ideas. Failure is how research advances. Yet it hardly features in theoretical perspectives on science. That is a mistake. Failures, whether clear-cut or ambiguous, ar...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.01121/full |