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Is this somehow related to the article? The implicit assumption behind the linked study is that not all sciences are equally precise and robust. Therefore "we
by xaa 10y ago
Is this somehow related to the article? The implicit assumption behind the linked study is that not all sciences are equally precise and robust.
Therefore "we should always trust science" and "we should never trust science" are simplistic; rather, we should trust a field to the degree it has reliable methods and robust and reproducible results. So far, so good. But the main finding in OP is that people's perceptions of a field's accuracy relative to other fields is not always correctly calibrated.
My institute sent me an invite to the "March for Science". I don't plan to participate because I don't think scientists should get political in their professional capacity. But to the extent that the March is trying to send the message: "you don't get to cherrypick which scientific results you like and defund the rest", I support it.