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Deciding your conclusion before you look at the data is one of the most reality-distorting things a scientist can do.

Drawn from what Stuart Ritchie said

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metascience Research about research: whether published findings hold up, and what makes a field more or less reliable.

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  1. Stuart Ritchie Psychologist, formerly a lecturer at King's College London
    Having a pre-existing conclusion—a “take-home message”—in mind is one of the most reality-distorting influences on our thinking.

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