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All likely true but that's not what this is about. I think it is a concern that in many issues of public interest, some scientists are much too ready to adopt s

by vixen99 11y ago

All likely true but that's not what this is about. I think it is a concern that in many issues of public interest, some scientists are much too ready to adopt strongly polarized views and thereby operate with an aggressive agenda which precludes a cool appraisal of data which fails to reinforce their 'party line'.

Mikeb85 11y ago
So science is biased? Of course it is, any observer who pays attention for more than a few years knows it is. When you're looking for a specific phenomenon, you're more likely to find supporting evidence. For example, if my hypothesis is that a crow can use a television remote, I'm going to stick a crow in a room with a television remote, and the crow will likely mash enough buttons that I can convince you it's true. And then of course there's statistics, and the famous saying which goes with it. Maybe the real problem is that humans are biased, we're not really looking for the truth, we're looking for confirmation of beliefs we develop for whatever reason. We've always been far better at beating the natural world into submission than observing it anyway...