The view that the scientific process is “red tape,” just a bunch of hoops you need to jump through so you can move on with your life

Summary Awhile ago I hypothesized that many researchers “think they already know the truth, and they think of discussions of evidence, data quality, statistics, etc., as a sort of ‘red tape’ or distraction from the larger issues.” But now I’m thinking that it’s not just statistics but really the entire scientific process that they view …