Chapter XXI: Intellectual Honesty | The Philosophy Of Science by Steven Gussman [1st Edition]
“Bad faith changes everything.” – Bret Weinstein I “Trust, but verify.” – U.S. President Ronald Reagan II Intellectual honesty is one of the most difficult ethics for people to follow, but also one of the biggest non-starters in science. It is just not optional. One does not want any amount of trust in science, yet reluctantly concedes that it is necessary methodologically (in-principle, we could all replicate every experiment, in-practice, we cannot do everything for ourselves, and need to rely on the credible reports of others). Yes, there are experts, but no, they are not authorities. Science does rely in practice, methodologically, on some small amount of trust because, dollars to donuts, once one implements the scientific process, the reality is th...