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> It's not the quality of the research, it's the quality of the journalism It's not only that. At some point you realise that even science with all its safegua
by Udik 6y ago
> It's not the quality of the research, it's the quality of the journalism
It's not only that. At some point you realise that even science with all its safeguards is not indifferent to the dominant, accepted belief systems. People simply align with a group and will blindly repeat anything, even self-contradictory statements, as long as it's expected by their peers. It's quite uncanny when you notice it for the first time.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoThat's because the safeguards in science guard against unintentional error. Peer review isn't robust against political alignment because if the author and the reviewers are all making the same false unstated assumption, nobody is looking in the direction of the error. And it gets even worse if people who do see it are penalized for saying so. The scientific method assumes good faith, good skepticism and a willingness to admit mistakes. Without that you're doing politics, not science.