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Patrick Powers's avatar

As a scientist I can tell you that scientists can be very unobjective.

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DomeLord's avatar

Depends on who is supplying the money as well! Don't want to upset them, do they?

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jamenta's avatar

Moreso than ever. Sadly so.

However, one must not jump to the conclusion that all science therefore must be wrong. We did manage to land on the Moon because of scientific advances.

Like anything a balance of reason and common sense should guide one's judgement.

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jamenta's avatar

Yes. William James even writes about the common lack of objectivity in his seminal 1890 book "Principles of Psychology". It has been a common problem with the Science since its inception. And I think it has become even more problematic with the infiltration of political agendas within American University management - Universities more and more are being run like businesses and corporate think tanks - rather than free thinking, objective establishments of academic inquiry.

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