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Extremely diplomatic

Most scientists aren’t trying to mislead anyone, but because they face strong incentives to present favorable results, there’s still a risk that you’ll be misled.

In other words scientists are trying to mislead everyone because there are a lot of incentives; money and professional status to name just two.

A common problem across all disciplines of science.



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