I could not assess the validity of this paper if my life depended on it. But this is what I do know: Given that the University of Florida is a public instituti

I could not assess the validity of this paper if my life depended on it. But this is what I do know: Given that the University of Florida is a public institution and the governor of the state is anti-science and promotes anti-science policies and practices, my immediate reaction to this paper’s news is negative. Reasonable? Probably not. I can’t be the only one who would react in this way. This matters for two reasons. First, each of us has limited time and capacity to care about things, to investigate them more. Second, if we don’t recognize our biases, we may ignore important and useful information.