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Trust science, not scientists. Science is based on factual evidence and consensus among scientists. Any scientist has the right to question hypotheses or theories of other scientists, because it's what science is about. When somebody says "trust the science" in mass media, it means they are illiterate or just trying to fool people.

Trust science, not scientists. Science is based on factual evidence and consensus among scientists. Any scientist has the right to question hypotheses or theories of other scientists, because it's what science is about. When somebody says "trust the science" in mass media, it means they are illiterate or just trying to fool people.

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Peer review has been subverted and turned into a cancer.

Publish FIRST, then peer review. Don't beg your direct competitors to allow you to publish. Don't give them something to deny and then (badly) copy into their own works. Don't let them have a chance to kill your years of work over petty rivalry, or that your results aren't part of ((The Party))'s narrative.

Then again, good luck getting funding at that point.

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The whole thing is a ball of corruption. tenure track, peer review, grants, other funding, peer pressure, etc. In actual science (not much political in some fields) it is great to see the arguments and fighting for what the truth is and the research that comes out of that. When you don't see that in a (((field))) then you know it is fubar.