02 JUN 2011 by ideonexus

 Dr. Gene Weltfish's Scientist's Oath

I pledge that I will use my knowledge for the good of humanity and against the destructive forces of the world and the ruthless intent of men; and that I will work together with my fellow scientists of whatever nation, creed or color, for these, our common ends.
Folksonomies: ethics scientist oath oath
Folksonomies: ethics scientist oath oath
  1  notes

Focuses on using knowledge to the good of humanity and disregarding the ethnicity of peers.

18 MAY 2011 by ideonexus

 It's Okay for Scientists to Have Biases

...why does it matter what biases and emotional predispositions scientists bring to their studies, so long as they are scrupulously honest and other people with different proclivities check their results? Presumably no one would argue that the conservative view on the sum of fourteen and twenty-seven differs from the liberal view, or that the mathematical function that is its own derivative is the exponential in the northern hemisphere but some other function in the southern. Any regular peri...
Folksonomies: objectivity bias
Folksonomies: objectivity bias
  1  notes

Because facts are the same despite our leanings.