90% of scientific research is crap

Reading Adrian Edmondson&rsquo;s excellent autobiography, he mentioned Sturgeon&rsquo;s law which is: &ldquo;Ninety percent of everything is crap&rdquo;. Adrian is a comedian and was applying the law to his creative work. Sturgeon was using it talk about science fiction, but I think it also applies to scientific research, and Sturgeon&rsquo;s number is strikingly similar to the estimate from…