army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes February 2013 - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (563)
I take the quote to be normative rather than descriptive. Science is not free from motivated cognition, but that's a bug, not a feature.
Sure, but I often see this sort of argument used against concerns about bias in (claimed) scientific conclusions. I'd rather people didn't treat science as privileged against bias, and the quote above seems to encourage that.