The Long Road to Medical ‘Miracles’ ^11%

Quillette - By Henry I. Miller - 7/6/2026, 11:47 PM

Optimism Bias 16% - Appeal to Authority 6.3% - Framing Effect 5.4%

Science does not often advance in sudden epiphanies that yield “Eureka” moments. More typical are years of failed experiments, dogged hypothesis-testing, and incremental discoveries that are, at best, inconclusive. And then, sometimes, eventually, the accumulated knowledge results in a breakthrough. Two recent examples are stunning... more