Friday, August 11, 2023

Distrust the science - by Tom Knighton

Distrust the science - by Tom Knighton
"...But The Science (TM) is something different in this day and age.
  • Now, it’s little more than a technocratic authoritarian push; an opportunity for some to use their lofty status to push for their own political desires to be manifested as political action.
We need science, but science has a problem. 
We were told to trust The Science, but is The Science trustworthy?
Not really.
The number of scientific papers retracted annually rose from just 40 in 2000 to almost 5,500 in 2022, representing a whopping 13,650% change over the past 22 years, with researchers estimating an astonishing 100,000 would have to be withdrawn every year with more thorough vetting...
Only around a fifth of retractions are a result of “honest error,”...

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