Politics and science; is science being corrupted? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, February 13, 2010, 17:26 (5193 days ago) @ xeno6696

A webcomic will illustrate what I'm getting at: 
> http://xkcd.com/435/
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> It jokes, but its pertinent.- 
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> I think your time spent in the trenches of working in what IS grouped in the social sciences category has kinda jaded your view here. You recognize rightly that it is often a battle of mentors, but I think its naive to think that you can take the social aspect out of a social science. -The real problem is biased peer review, where one small group defines their favorite paradigm. You haven't studied cardiology as i have. EKG's are hard science; vessel flow rate formulas are hard science; the extent of a coronary infract is hard scienced; ejection fraction of the left ventricle is hard science. Probably why I liked it and become a cardiologist.