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=== Scientific Bias === | === Scientific Bias === | ||
[[File:Journal oligopoly.png|alt=Journal oligopoly|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Oligopoly of Scientific Journals.]] | [[File:Journal oligopoly.png|alt=Journal oligopoly|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Oligopoly of Scientific Journals.]] | ||
Unfortunately, although | Unfortunately, although scientists try to remove bias, it is never perfect. This is mainly because the majority of independent scientists publish scientific papers via journals. The majority of these journals are owned by a few private corporations (See '''Figure 3''') which can reject or accept the articles based upon their own interests. This may be the root cause of something called the [[Replication Crisis|replication crisis]], which is the fact that the majority of scientific findings published in journals cannot be reproduced by another scientist. | ||
So whilst | So whilst scientific information may be more rigorous than popular media, it is still subject to bias. To overcome this BurnZero has adopted a [[critical analysis]] weighting system which gives preference to sources which are thought to contain less bias relative to others. |