We need to imbue #students with a central value: Adherence to the #scientificmethod is, in itself, good #citizenship.

#Science is always under pressure. Moderating the influence of personal, social, and political factors is pivotal for any #scientificcommunity to produce trustworthy #knowledge that #society can benefit from. Although the #peerreview technique is designed to rinse papers of such unwarranted influence, there are other forces posing a larger threat by exerting a more direct pressure on knowledge. @AmericanGeophysicalUnion https://eos.org/opinions/lets-start-teaching-scientists-how-to-withstand-attacks-on-fact