Amos, Andrew, and Halasz, George (2023) Science, ideology, and social progress. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (5). pp. 582-583.

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[Extract] Common and specialist views of truth based in science are constantly evolving. In 1620, Bacon’s Novum Organum laid the modern foundation for understanding Nature through experimental rather than theological or philosophical methods. Last century, Kuhn exposed the impartial pursuit of truth free of human faults such as self-interest and nepotism as an illusion. Over the last decade, scientists have been called upon to subordinate empirically grounded truth to social and political goals such as tempering climate change and addressing the under-representation of various gender, ethnic, and other groups in the clinical workforce, particularly in senior positions. An extreme example of this subordination of empirical science to social goals is ensuring the selection of minority candidates for medical training and progression in proportion to their representation in broader society by selection based on a random lottery, rather than by merit based on academic indicators.

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