Scientist make mistakes. It is the job of the scientist to recognize the weaknesses. For many questions in science, you can rerun the event as many times as you like. Science is different from many other human enterprise; in it's passion for framing testable hypothesis, in it's search for definitive experiments that confirm or deny ideas. If we were not aware of our own limitations or were not willing to control our experiments
than there would be very little leverage in the quest for truth.
We are much better off if we know the best that is available to the truth.In any and every case, the imagined dire consequences of the truth being generally known are exaggerated. Carl say that we are not wise enough to know which lies, or even shading of certain facts, can competently server some social purpose.
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