Quote by Ruth Hubbard
The mythology of science asserts that with many different scientists all asking their own questions and evaluating the answers independently, whatever personal bias creeps into their individual answers is cancelled out when the large picture is put together. This might conceivably be so if scientists were women and men from all sorts of different cultural and social backgrounds who came to science with very different ideologies and interests. But since, in fact, they have been predominantly university-trained white males from privileged social backgrounds, the bias has been narrow and the product often reveals more about the investigator than about the subject being researched.
Summary
This quote highlights the potential bias and limitations within the scientific community. It argues that the idea that scientific objectivity is achieved through the collaboration of diverse perspectives is flawed. Instead, the quote suggests that scientific research has historically been heavily influenced by the background and ideology of predominantly white, privileged, and male scientists. Therefore, the resulting knowledge often reflects the biases and perspectives of the investigators rather than providing a comprehensive understanding of the subject being studied.
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Science
By Ruth Hubbard
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