Ocupation: Author
Life: b. April 9, 1967
Birthday: April 9
Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining from making value judgments; rather, scientific validity is the result of scientists making their best efforts to value principles of reasoning that link their beliefs to reality, through reliable chains of evidence and argument.
source: "The Moral Landscape". Book by Sam Harris, 2010.
topic: Reality, Objectivity, Best Effort, Abstaining, Validity