What if the scientists are in the same lab? My guess (strictly a guess, I have no proof one way or the other) is that the scientists would be much more likely to cover for their colleagues, or at least turn a blind eye to it. I don’t think there’s a lot of difference between humans in this regard.
You can’t compare police work to professions. Police officers aren’t professionals. They’re trained, not educated. Expecting them to act like scientists or lawyers or doctors is pointless, they’re not the same thing.
If scientists thought their work was under attack from people who didn’t want them to succeed, they would be alot more tribal and reticent to criticize other scientists.
An example is historians who are loathe to criticize the 1619 project because even though it gets a bunch of stuff wrong their hearts are in the right place and they don’t want to be on the side of those criticizing.
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Exactly. As historical analysis, the 1619 Project is absolute flaming garbage, but as historical/social commentary, it’s spot on. So historians are probably loath to criticize it for fear of their criticism of the history being misinterpreted as criticism of the message. +