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Letter: True today…

Published 3 October 2012

From Paul Jakubovic

I read with interest Samuel Arbesman’s article “Truth decay” on the apparent half-life of what we believe to be correct (22 September, p 36). But I cannot resist asking: just how long will its conclusions remain true?

Atherton, Lancashire, UK

Issue no. 2885 published 6 October 2012

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