Science Is Not Always “Self-Correcting”

作者: Nathan Cofnas

DOI: 10.1007/S10699-015-9421-3

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摘要: Some prominent scientists and philosophers have stated openly that moral political considerations should influence whether we accept or promulgate scientific theories. This widespread view has significantly influenced the development, public perception, of intelligence research. Theories related to group differences in are often rejected a priori on explicitly grounds. Thus idea, frequently expressed by commentators science, science is “self-correcting”—that hypotheses simply abandoned when they undermined empirical evidence—may not be correct all contexts. In this paper, documentation spanning from early 1970s present collected, which reveals scientists’ commitments study intelligence. It suggested misrepresenting findings achieve desirable social goals will ultimately harm both society.

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