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Good! There should be a bias against new things until the new things are proven to be correct.

Optimizing science based on "what do people who want to get tenure want" seems like a great way to be bad at science.

I agree, I have some experience from doing medical research, and this seems like a given to me. My friends who work in the softer sciences like psychology have different opinions though, since they often work in degree's of correctness.

That's a good point. Do you feel this is becoming more of the norm in certain realms of scientific research? what is your view?

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