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TaylorS1986 · 3422 days ago · link · · parent · post: Editor in chief of The Lancet: 'much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue'
100 years ago "race science" was accepted as fact by a lot of educated people and many scientists despite being complete bullshit because it aligned with people's prejudices. We should not fool ourselves and think we are above such prejudices, today. Research data must be interpreted to make sense, and how we interpret said data can be biased by many things. Or we can unconsciously set up experiments that "prove" what we already believe.