Great thread. Interesting how I find philosophical approaches on these issues more compelling than scientists’ “purist” stance that assumes some magical neutrality or rationality. We’re always partial. It’s ok. Science is a collective endeavor, not individual. https://twitter.com/kevinzollman/status/1341431076825276416

This is why I always have an issue with academia and scientific community’s focus on individual careers, achievements, mistakes. Too much interest in the scientist takes the focus away from science which is necessarily distributed across individuals and over time.

We keep imagining an “ideal” scientist and compare individuals to that benchmark, assuming that a scientific community consisting of many ideal scientists will do the best science. That seems hardly justifiable and is very anti-diversity by definition. Diversity is our strength.

Also see our work here for why epistemic diversity might matter. https://twitter.com/zerdeve/status/1128734143347445760