158 scientists used the same data, but their politics predicted the results

158 scientists used the same data, but their politics predicted the results

A new study indicates that researchers’ political ideologies tend to shape their scientific findings. An experiment involving 158 scientists revealed that personal views on immigration predicted the results obtained from identical data.

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