to a child of '80s propaganda, it seems very much as if the Soviet scientific regime, where we credit assertions of fact because they support our politics or discredit them because the wrong people do bad things with them, has mysteriously transplanted itself to the United States
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In a sense. It is not that the paradigm is set for purposes of tribal diffentiation, it is that young scientists have to work within the paradigm to advance (i.e., ignore outlier facts). Few are those who are so bright or well off as to be completely independent.
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The resulting power structure is not necessarily the intent, although it is the result, of the process (you have to prioritize the things you examine). Tribalism intends to exclude outliers for the purpose of maintaining power.
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