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What scientific attitude is especially important when a scientist's results go against previous ideas?

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Todd Gurley

Todd Gurley

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Answered Jan 28, 2021

A very important attitude a scientist should have when their findings or results go against previous ideas or predictions is honesty. As a scientist, you need to be open-minded and accept the results of your researches whether they agree or go against previous ideas.

The idea of honesty is to ensure that scientists don't tamper with their results because of their beliefs, emotions, and other things. While this actually sounds good, you must balance it with skepticism, the attitude of questioning, and doubt. What this means is that as much as you are expected to be honest in your findings, you shouldn't relent until you get similar results as other scientists.

As a scientist, you need to always adopt this skeptical approach as you might have made some mistakes in the experimental process. However, in the absence of any mistake, this approach can put you on your way to forming new scientific ideas.

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G. Cole

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Answered Jan 22, 2021

Honesty is the correct answer to this question. Many people in the field of science refer to this as intellectual honesty. Louis M. Guenin is credited for coining this term. He worked at Harvard as an ethicist.

Honesty is a way to solve problems, and it is an implied way to solve problems. The point of honesty is to have a behavior that has no bias and is truthful to science. There are many ways that a person has intellectual honesty.

An example of intellectual honesty is a scientist that allowing their own faith or their own opinions to interfere with the truth they find.

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J. Alfie

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J. Alfie, Content Writer, Masters in Literature, Dallas,Texas

Answered Jan 20, 2021

The answer to this is honesty also known as intellectual honesty. One of the things that can hinder people from making scientific breakthroughs is allowing their biases to dictate what will happen next. This should not be the case. When people do experiments, when people do observations and tests, they should be prepared for any result that they may get.

Even if they feel strongly about a certain result, they should be prepared that the results will show otherwise. The more that a scientist is able to accept this, the higher the chances that there are going to be new facts that will be learned in the world of science.

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T. ADAMS

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Answered Jun 13, 2019

The correct answer to this question is honesty. This scientific attitude is also known as intellectual honest. This term was described by Louis M. Guenin, who was a ethicist at Harvard. Honest is a method of problem solving which is implied. It involves a behavior that is unbiased and honest. It can occur in a number of ways.

One, a person has intellectual honesty when they don't allow their personal beliefs or faith to impede on their search for the truth. Another way is to bring forth all information that is true, regardless if it contradicts their hypothesis or belief.

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goobledegak

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Answered Sep 20, 2018

Honesty
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