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Similar to Science Biases but emphasizing biases within scientific practice itself—the assumptions, preferences, and blind spots that scientists bring to their work. Scientific Biases include: theoretical bias (preferring data that fits your theory); methodological bias (preferring certain methods over others); career bias (pursuing publishable results over true ones); paradigm bias (resisting challenges to established frameworks). Scientific Biases are what Kuhn described—science isn't just data collection; it's human activity, with all the biases that entails.
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