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#1 Submitted by leostummer_gmx_at on July 24, 2021 - 7:49am

Let us not forget that - according to Sir Popper and critical rationalism - doubt, testing and rejection of wrong hypotheses, are the way to better understanding!

Scientists should stop seeing doubt as a PR liability

Uncertainty should be insisted on as a mark of seriousness and honesty, say Michael Blastland and George Davey Smith

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