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Originally Posted by Bugeater
Unfortunately it doesn't exist in a vacuum, in this situation it's closely tied to politics which breeds mistrust.
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It DOES exist in a vacuum. That's essentially the point of the scientific process. It's independent of any single person's opinion. And it's subject to peer review, which means it must prove itself to other people's testing who want nothing more than to prove the claim untrue. That's the entire point. The scientific process is dependent on the entirety of information. If it can be proven untrue, it deserves to be and every effort should be taken to do so.