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People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, scientists simply discover truth, and truth speaks for itself. But history tells a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Beth DuFault, University of Portland (THE CONVERSATION) People often see science as a ...