Ten Characteristics of BiasScience - Summary
  1. BiasScience is usually concerned only with the descriptions of the natural world.  The one exception I am aware of is Creationists - they claim scientific evidence actually supports Creation instead of evolution.  The problem is that, by definition, Creationism requires supernatural intervention into otherwise completely natural processes.
  2. BiasScientific understanding should involve describing only natural Cause and Effect Relationships between events.  Creationism adds periodic episodes of supernatural intervention.
  3. BiasScience, by definition is NOT Objective: Cause and effect relationships are created by observing, measuring and describing natural phenomena and by designing and performing experiments to collect and interpret evidence while maximizing personal biases.  Research that does not conform to required biases is ignored, and experiments are designed, carried out and results analyzed to justify a specific belief.
  4. By definition the natural world and natural cause and effect relationships can only be observed, measured and tested using our 5 basic senses and tools that extend them.
  5. BiasScience is BiasTransparent (only information that supports specific beliefs is shared as accurate).  BiasScientific results are reproducible only by those who share the beliefs, follow the biased methods and accept the biased analyses and interpretations.
  6. BiasScience is a Human Endeavor - Consequently:
    • BiasScientists allow their eccentricities to control the design, methods, analyses and interpretation of research.
    • BiasScience is perceived as less messy than legitimate science because only a small, edited portion of the available evidence that supports a specific position is presented.
    • Uncontrolled Testimonials (anecdotal evidence) are employed to enhance the biased interpretation of evidence.
  7. Consensus in BiasScience is only among those who have the same strong biases.  By definition, beliefs in any BiasScience area are NOT shared by the majority of scientists who accept the Consensus.
  8. BiasScience Knowledge is fixed in unchangeable doctrines by the strong beliefs that drive BiasScience.
  9. The acquisition and distribution of BiasScientific Knowledge can be driven by strong moral beliefs.
  10. The complexity of BiasScientific descriptions of the natural world (all theories and laws) is often less than those of legitimate science because evidence that conflicts with the beliefs has been edited out.