Political orientations do not cancel out, and politics is not about truth
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Political orientations do not cancel out, and politics is not about truth. / Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger; Böhm, Gisela.
in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Jahrgang 38, e153, 08.09.2015, S. 34-35.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Übersichtsarbeiten › Forschung
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T1 - Political orientations do not cancel out, and politics is not about truth
AU - Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger
AU - Böhm, Gisela
PY - 2015/9/8
Y1 - 2015/9/8
N2 - Duarte et al. propose that divergent political biases cancel each other out such that increasing political diversity will improve scientific validity. We argue that this idea is misguided. Their recommendations for improving political diversity in academia bear the danger of imposing political interests on science. Scientific scrutiny and criticism are the only viable remedies for bad science.
AB - Duarte et al. propose that divergent political biases cancel each other out such that increasing political diversity will improve scientific validity. We argue that this idea is misguided. Their recommendations for improving political diversity in academia bear the danger of imposing political interests on science. Scientific scrutiny and criticism are the only viable remedies for bad science.
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983231277&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X14001289
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X14001289
M3 - Scientific review articles
C2 - 26787204
VL - 38
SP - 34
EP - 35
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e153
ER -