The Dangers of Fast Science
The Dangers of Fast ScienceScientific research needs to slow down, not speed up, to produce trustworthy resultsBy Naomi Oreskes A theme at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was the perceived need to “accelerate breakthroughs in research and technology.” Some of this framing was motivated by the climate emergency, some by the opportunities and challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence. Yet in various conversations, it seemed to be taken for granted that to address the…