Thanks. I sincerely appologize for my earlier blathering on. When I was still doing statistics, I worked mainly with engineers and physicists. The physicists were alot like the biologist you describe. It was the engineers I was referring to in my prior (redacted) post. Many had very little backround in statistics and seemingly little respect for the field. Most would also quickly recognize the value when a properly designed experiment produced useful results in an efficient manner (for example).
I also agree that science is self correcting and do not believe that "Science is in crisis". Science is messy and imperfect yet, progress tends to be made. It is amusing when people outside the scientific community peek behind the curtain and, not understanding the process, proclaim stuff like "Science is in crisis".
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