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Excuse me, but scientists are not public policy makers. Their job is to follow the evidence, not publish based on what they think will happen if they do.
by UIUC_06 4y ago
Excuse me, but scientists are not public policy makers. Their job is to follow the evidence, not publish based on what they think will happen if they do.
- spamizbad 4y agoScientists are members of society too. They are not automatons.
- voakbasda 4y agoIf scientists do not publish their unbiased results and instead bend their results to fit personal or public expectation, their credentials should be revoked in the name of science itself. There is no greater crime against humanity that to conceal or compromise scientific truth.
- dekhn 4y agoLet us know when you have an "unambiguous truth detector" so we can start to revoke credentials. In the meantime, let's understand that scientists frequently allow their personal biases to leak into their papers.
- voakbasda 4y agoI’m not talking about absolute truth. I am pointing my finger at those “scientists” that falsify or cherry-pick data sets, do not publish results that contradict their organization’s agenda, and similarly commit flagrant acts of dishonesty.
- dekhn 4y agoAh, well, the best you can do is read RetractionWatch and see that a subset of those scientists have been identified, and fired.
- oyashirochama 4y agoAnd typically scientists are part of the portion of commettes that are unelected that help determine policy designs in the US.
- UIUC_06 4y agoThey have one job. It's called "science." They go to school for that. Other people, including the voting public, have the job of determining policy based on what they find.
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- jahewson 4y agoIf they follow this particular line of evidence (which requires them excepting their own gross negligence) then not only would they be out of a job but may find themselves in jail. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair