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%SCIENTISTS' BIASES-1 780703
The values which characterize the scientists'
subculture tend to introduce systematic biases into the
way in which scientists approach human situations.
Scientists do not transcend biases by being scientific;
they select a particular set of biases which are fruitful
in specific non-personal situations---but destructive in
many very personal situations. For us to personally
survive the scientific revolution we must learn to
transcend the scientists' biases. This means that we must
in some sense become aware of the scientists' biases. That
will be hard to do so long as there is a tendency to
worship scientists as magicians who can do all kinds of
impossible tricks upon command. It will be hard to do, as
long as scientists refuse to become aware of their own
biases and of the situations in which their biases are
inappropriate and dangerous. So long as scientists'
biases are passed from generation to generation without
critical examination---so long will we be victims of our
consumptive technocratic culture.
Young people are particularly well qualified to
critically examine our scientists' biases. However, to do
so they must be protected from punishments which may be
inflicted by scientists who are too emotionally immature
to endure a profound and constructive criticism of their
biases. such criticisms will uncover embarrassing aspects
of scientists' lives and reveal how their biases are
expressed in political self-serving behavior. Positions
of power and influence will be at stake. Pretentious
reputations may be destroyed. The older scientists are
likely to fearful of profound critics who threaten their
cherished but unexamined assumptions. In fear they are
likely to repress the critics in order to preserve the
scientists' status quo.
In order to ensure that the scientists' biases do not
blind us to those very biases we will need to protect and
augment our traditional guarantees of communication
rights. Freedoms of verbal communication will need to be
extended to broader freedoms of communication which
involve non-verbal channels of communication. The kinds
of insights which will expose the biases of the scientists
will involve non-verbal representations in essential ways.
In the absence of guarantees of freedom of non-verbal
communication and dialogue, such insights will be risky to
have or share.
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