Hacker News stories for 1 PM on Thursday Oct 17, 2013

0.800 To an alarming degree, science is not self-correcting comments

0.782 TSA Admits In Leaked Doc: No Evidence of Terrorist Plots Against Aviation in US comments

0.778 I don’t have any connections comments

0.682 Why Silicon Valley needs Washington DC comments

0.262 Skull of Homo erectus throws story of human evolution into disarray comments

0.248 Advice on the YC Application comments