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Gould was certainly right that all scientists, as humans, have some sort of bias. But while biased scientists are inevitable, biased results are not\u2026 Science does not depend on unbiased investigators but on methods which limit the ability of the investigator\u2019s bias to influence the results\u2026Truth is hard, but it is sometimes obtainable despite even our strongest biases. What a marvellous thing, this science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 David DeGusta and Jason E. Lewis, \u201cGould\u2019s skulls: Is bias inevitable in science?\u201d in New Scientist<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gould was certainly right that all scientists, as humans, have some sort of bias. But while biased scientists are inevitable, biased results are not\u2026 Science does not depend on unbiased investigators but on methods which limit the ability of the investigator\u2019s bias to influence the results\u2026Truth is hard, but it is sometimes obtainable despite even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[1138,7324,7329,8291,9896,10886,11870],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-bias","tag-method","tag-methodology","tag-objectivity","tag-racism","tag-science","tag-stephen-jay-gould"],"yoast_head":"\nQuote of the Day (David DeGusta and Jason E. 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