So there's this blog called Bad Science, consisting mostly of the articles that medical doctor Ben Goldacre writes for the Guardian. It's about pseudoscience, medicine and medical research. And also awesome.
The recent article was a wonderful bit of emotional whiplash, and is about as subject I think is useful to keep in mind when contemplating research. But really, I recommend reading everything.
http://www.badscience.net/2011/05/existential-angst-about-the-bigger-picture/
Also, the second-most-recent article, which should appeal to LW-types:
http://www.badscience.net/2011/05/we-should-so-blatantly-do-more-randomised-trials-on-policy/
The first link reminds me very much of Yvain's Never Leave Your Room in the sense that both discuss priming and implicit association and both are really, really awesome. Thanks for the links! I look forward to some interesting reading.