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Can you explain what "truthful consensus" means in this situation? The article does not give me any hope that medical literature is "trying" anything.
by abricot 5y ago
Can you explain what "truthful consensus" means in this situation?
The article does not give me any hope that medical literature is "trying" anything.
- jfengel 5y agoMost researchers are interested in the truth. There are incentives for people to be lazy and fast, which leads to bad science, but most of the time they would rather be right. They'll even defend bad results, but out of self protection rather than outright intent to mislead. So there are plenty of problems, but of an entirely different character from the outright propaganda by non-scientists practicing ideological confirmation bias.
- over_the_raibow 5y ago> Most researchers are interested in the truth No they are not. They are interested in having a source of income and a career first. Reaching the wrong conclusions can leave them without a job, or funding or stall their career advancement. Modern academia does not select for truth.