A Big Study About Honesty Turns Out to Be Based on Fake Data
Science is a process, a way to find truth.  It is not in itself truth.  It is subject to all the same human flaws and venality as any other human endeavor.<p>Just because something is published in a paper doesn’t make it true.  Just because the paper was peer reviewed doesn’t make it true.  Just because there is a “consensus” doesn’t make it true.<p>I’m sick and tired of people saying “the science is settled” or “trust the science”.  These statements indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of what science is and how it works (or fails) in the modern world.<p>The modern scientific method is still, in my opinion, the most powerful way we have of learning how things work, but it is not without flaws.  This is just another cautionary tale.