A community enterprise (4 of 5) – balancing bias

Because of the scientific community's diversity, individual biases are balanced out.

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Collaborations and division of labor are increasingly important today, as our scientific understanding, techniques, and technologies expand.

The scientific community provides the cumulative knowledge base on which science is built.

Scientists present their work to others for evaluation.

Though fraud is rare in science, it sometimes happens, but are identified through the scrutiny of the scientific community.

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