President Donald Trump’s new executive order on establishing higher standards for government-funded scientific research should not be necessary. Unfortunately, it is.
Even a cursory look back at the public health bureaucracy’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic shows how badly needed this order is. Lockdowns, school closures, masking, social distancing, mandatory vaccines – so much of what the public endured during the pandemic resulted from experts disregarding sound scientific principles.
The president’s order directs government agencies to adhere to “Gold Standard Science” principles. Scientific findings must be:
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Reproducible, transparent, and falsifiable Subject to unbiased peer review Clear about errors and uncertainties Skeptical of assumptions Collaborative and interdisciplinary Positive about negative results Free from conflicts of interest
These are pillars of the scientific method. Together, they call
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