Christmas Eve ruminations from YoungFemaleScientist on faith, science, and politics:
There's too many confusing things out there, and it's only getting more confusing day by day. So instead of taking the trouble to decide for ourselves, we want a filter.
We should have a filter to look at the science, but instead we have filters for the people doing it.
So instead of the following: 1. Is it a good question?
2. Is it the right approach?
3. Did they find anything interesting?
4. Did they follow up on what they found?
5. Am I convinced by the evidence? The criteria applied are: 1. Who is senior author?
2. Have I heard of them?
3. What school are they from?
We should have a filter to look at the science, but instead we have filters for the people doing it.
So instead of the following: 1. Is it a good question?
2. Is it the right approach?
3. Did they find anything interesting?
4. Did they follow up on what they found?
5. Am I convinced by the evidence? The criteria applied are: 1. Who is senior author?
2. Have I heard of them?
3. What school are they from?