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*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia #2: False Positive Psychology

Decoding the Gurus

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The Practice of Science Isn't Going to Be Perfect

This is a problem kind of partly technical, partly sociological. Yet it's never going to be perfect. The practice of science is not going to beperfect. And you know, it doesn't have to be. It has to be pretty good in pretty l i think that's thetter very good point though,. This combines rigorous scientific objectivity with acknowledgment that researches are people and they exercise choices. So there is something to be said for the post modern approach to emphasize science as a sociological or situated thing constructed by imperfect people. There's just a variety of practical things we can do.

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