Neuroscience enjoys a good public perception of scientific rigor. Unfortunately, it's undeserved. Statistically speaking, a scientific field cannot be rigorous when it is underpowered and has a high researcher degree of freedom. This combo is exactly what neuroscience has, so we get stuff like:
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Against trust in neuroscience
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Neuroscience enjoys a good public perception of scientific rigor. Unfortunately, it's undeserved. Statistically speaking, a scientific field cannot be rigorous when it is underpowered and has a high researcher degree of freedom. This combo is exactly what neuroscience has, so we get stuff like: