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== Yes. We ''are'' biased. == |
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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, once wrote: |
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:"'''Wikipedia’s policies [...] are exactly spot-on and correct. If you can get your work published in respectable scientific journals – that is to say, if you can produce evidence through replicable scientific experiments, then Wikipedia will cover it appropriately.''' |
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:'''What we won’t do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of 'true scientific discourse'. It isn’t.'''[https://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-responds-change-org-alt-med-alternative-medicine-cam/][http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/27/jimmy_wales_denies_petition_from_advocates_of_holistic_healing_about_wikipedia.html][https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2014/03/25/an-excellent-response-to-complaints-about-medical-topics-on-wikipedia][https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/standards-of-evidence-wikipedia-edition/]" |
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So yes, we ''are'' biased. |
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We are biased towards [[science]] and biased against [[pseudoscience]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[astronomy]], and biased against [[astrology]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[chemistry]], and biased against [[alchemy]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[mathematics]], and biased against [[numerology]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[Medication|medicine]], and biased against [[homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[venipuncture]], and biased against [[acupuncture]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[Conspiracy|actual conspiracies]] and biased against [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[cargo planes]], and biased against [[Cargo cult science|cargo cults]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[vaccination]], and biased against [[vaccine hesitancy]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[magnetic resonance imaging]], and biased against [[magnetic therapy]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[crops]], and biased against [[crop circles]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[laundry detergent]], and biased against [[laundry balls]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[augmentative and alternative communication]], and biased against [[facilitated communication]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[water treatment]], and biased against [[magnetic water treatment]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[electromagnetic fields]], and biased against [[microlepton fields]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[evolution]], and biased against [[creationism]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[holocaust studies]], and biased against [[holocaust denial]].<br> |
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We are biased towards the [[scientific consensus on climate change]], and biased against [[global warming conspiracy theory|global warming conspiracy theories]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[geology]], and biased against [[flood geology]].<br> |
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We are biased towards medical treatments that have been proven to be effective in [[double-blind]] [[clinical trial]]s, and biased against medical treatments that are based upon [[Quackery|preying on the gullible]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[astronaut|astronauts and cosmonauts]], and biased against [[ancient astronauts]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[psychology]], and biased against [[phrenology]].<br> |
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We are biased towards [[mendelism]], and biased against [[lysenkoism]].<br> |
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And we are not going to change. |
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--[[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 22:52, 14 December 2019 (UTC) |
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