Scientists may be influenced by their world-views to look for certain results that fit a preconception. The test of objectivity and rigor imposed on their work by the need for other scientists to replicate it makes the truth-seeking facility of the scientific method prevail in the long run. <ref>http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html </ref> | Scientists may be influenced by their world-views to look for certain results that fit a preconception. The test of objectivity and rigor imposed on their work by the need for other scientists to replicate it makes the truth-seeking facility of the scientific method prevail in the long run. <ref>http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html </ref> |