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For sure Fox et al. have been pushing the idea that scientists have biases, but it can also be true that science has become more biased. Update: a little evide
by dash2 1y ago
For sure Fox et al. have been pushing the idea that scientists have biases, but it can also be true that science has become more biased.
Update: a little evidence. This doesn't cover change over time, but it strikes me as fairly extreme, unless you are willing to go very far down the "reality has a liberal bias" road: https://github.com/hughjonesd/academic-bias https://github.com/hughjonesd/academic-bias
- throwaway4220 1y agoLiberal in US = center right
- reliabilityguy 1y agoAs opposed to…?
- amanaplanacanal 1y agoScientists can have biases, but science itself is just a methodology for determining truth. The political leanings of the people publishing papers shouldn't matter at all. Anybody can read a study and point out the problems with it. Anything else is just ad hominem.