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[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Good science doesn't get things wrong. Bad science gets things wrong all the time. No scientist is immune to implicit bias and implicit bias is frequently the cause of bad science.

eGFR estimation errors in African Americans is a prime example of that.