Monday, 7 August 2023

Bias in science


 

Image courtesy of Michelle D’urbano.


Joel Kontinen 


When we look what happened a hundred years in the past,  

Scientists. were sure of many truths: .

“The greatest experts were certain that the universe had always existed and was always the size it is now. Most biologists were sure that proteins, not DNA, were responsible for heredity. “

Yes, one of the truths of science is the failure of medicine, the thought that Covid- 19 can be gabbed away by an injection,  

Source: 

 Levitt , Dan. 2023, How even the greatest scientists can fall for cognitive bias,, New Scientist 2 August