What are Laws of Nature?

[Istvan]

Really? If the methods of producing the information were riddled with bias and exclusionary practices, that's exactly what would make me question the reliability and objectivity of the information produced.

Reality is independent of biases.  Where bias can produce scientific mistakes, mistakes are part of science, and are self-correcting.

One person's paper isn't "science", or we would all be taking Ivermectin for COVID.

In physics, bias plays a very tiny role.  In softer sciences, it plays a much bigger one, because data that would falsify bad science can be harder to come by or agree on.

As I said, it's wrong to make scientific inquiry synonymous with "reality." We're talking about scientific fields, in which women still face bias and exclusion on many levels. I have no reason to believe that this won't distort the reliability of the results, and every reason to believe that your belief in the "self-correcting" nature of scientific endeavor is a bit optimistic.

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Really? If the methods of producing the information were riddled with bias and exclusionary practices, that's exactly what would make me question the reliability and objectivity of the information produced.

that’s why we test things, and don’t just assert things based on what we think are powerful logic.

okay, but you don't think that who is allowed to perform the testing, and who is excluded from the process, makes any difference whatsoever to the reliability of the results?