#3 Metaphysical Claims & Non-Scientific Questions: Boundaries of Science

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Science as a safeguard against bias

Scientists are not perfectly objective and free of biases

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Confirmation bias

Tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs & deny, dismiss, or distort evidence that contradicts them

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Belief Perseverance

Tendency to stick to our initial beliefs, even when evidence contradicts them

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Metaphysical Claims

Assertions about the world that are not testable.

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Recognizing we might be wrong

  1. Scientific Knowledge is tentative

  2. Many results fail to be replicated

  3. Scientific Knowledge is acquired slowly, piece by piece