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by mistermann 595 days ago
> From my outsider's perspective, it seems the scientific community has adopted a series of guardrails that generally prevent "bad" research from getting published.

> But to return to my initial idea: I do think that we can arm ourselves with certain principles that, if applied, will move us away from biased thinking.

Run the proposition that science has cast its net of expertise and authority a bit too broadly by the science crowd and see how that goes over.

Or, pay attention going forward to what that crowd has to say about philosophy and other non-hard-science disciplines while reading your various socials.