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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
Science is as good as the scientists who make it. I think what you are suggesting, and I agree with it in part, is that the various biases that scientists may have will in general cancel each other out, making the general scientific consensus less biased. However, if too many scientists in a field share similar biases, then the end result can still be very biased. There are historical examples of this.
If you meant to say that in the long run human criticism and empirical evidence tend to smooth out the biases, I agree again. Still, it can take some time for that evening out to happen.
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The second one. There are always bumps in the data due to bias, but as the process is continually applied, they get smaller and smaller over time.
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