“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool…. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.” — Nobel laureate physicist Richard P. Feynman.
Says David Goodstein, Caltech (On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science (Princeton University Press, 2010):
“A scientist should never be motivated to do science for personal gain, advancement or other rewards.”
“Scientists should always be objective and impartial when gathering data.”
“Scientists must never believe dogmatically in an idea or use rhetorical exaggeration in promoting it.”
“Scientists should never permit their judgments to be affected by authority.”
Do you think the above maxims reflect how science works in practice?
Source:
July 2010 Scientific American Magazine. M. Shermer When Scientists Sin. Fraud, deception and lies in research reveal how science is (mostly) self-correcting
COMMENT by Elly Strammer
June 20 2011
“Do you think the above maxims reflect how science works in practice?” Well, I’ve read the post http://brainfuels.com/2011/06/glucose-or-lactate-as-fuels-in-immature-brain-whose-primacy/ and my answer is a big NO!
