> However, we're not talking about science as a discipline ...
I have to say that, when I use the word "science", I'm not talking about scientists, but scientific principles. I do this because science exists primarily to defend against all the ways scientists will get it wrong without the discipline science provides.
> We're talking about the community of human beings within the scientific community.
It is because of that "community" and its foibles that science exists and has its present form.
> If you don't believe that, you have a far higher opinion of human nature than is warranted.
I hope you see now that it's exactly the reverse of your assumption.
I have to say that, when I use the word "science", I'm not talking about scientists, but scientific principles. I do this because science exists primarily to defend against all the ways scientists will get it wrong without the discipline science provides.
> We're talking about the community of human beings within the scientific community.
It is because of that "community" and its foibles that science exists and has its present form.
> If you don't believe that, you have a far higher opinion of human nature than is warranted.
I hope you see now that it's exactly the reverse of your assumption.