Ideologies distort science mostly through assigning impossible burdens of proof to any hypotheses whose empirical support would render the ideologies instantly ridiculous.
I think _impossible_ or totally unrealistic burdens of proof are also a big problem though ... makes it hard to attract grant funding, students, and collaborators for unpalatable research, leading to a catch-22.
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The problem is *asymmetric* burdens: skepticism is good when it's applied equally, regardless of antecedent ideology. For the kinds of things
@primalpoly mentions, it is applied asymmetrically: ideologically heterodox hypotheses have a higher burden than do orthodox ones.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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