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Second-order biases within scientific practice—how scientists think about their own biases, methods, and assumptions. Scientific Metabiases include: believing that method eliminates bias rather than just channeling it; assuming peer review catches everything; treating replication as a cure-all rather than another site of bias; thinking that quantification ensures objectivity; believing that awareness of bias makes you immune. Scientific Metabiases are the blind spots in science's self-understanding—the ways scientists misrecognize their own practice.
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