Submitted by CartesianClosedCat t3_ymx5ma in philosophy
DrakBalek t1_ivf3nrv wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in Science as a moral system by CartesianClosedCat
Knowing that a scientist has a habit of publishing misleading, misguided, inaccurate or otherwise deliberately false information is justification for ignoring what that scientist says and believes.
It's not justification for ignoring the results of their work.
>If someone lies, all of their work is suspect . . .
and within scientific fields and disciplines, the standard is that all work is suspect until it's been tested and recreated under similar conditions.
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