After almost 30 years of conducting research on wireless radiation and health, I have attended numerous conferences, both large and small. During these conferences, I have observed a recurring phenomenon that raises a ‘friendship dilemma’.
It usually goes like this: two scientists exit a lecture room and start discussing what was presented. One of them expresses a strong disagreement with the opinion of one of the presenters. The other scientist is surprised and wonders why the first scientist didn’t express their critical opinion openly in the conference room for everyone to hear and evaluate. The first scientist often responds by saying that they are friends with the presenter and didn’t want to embarrass them in public.
The dilemma in this situation is deciding what is more important — not embarrassing friends or ensuring that the audience, especially those who are not experts in the field, do not leave with the impression that the opinion presented at the conference was correct and valid. This means that many scientists, who listened to a lecture containing errors, would travel back to their laboratories with scientifically incorrect information because a friend did not want to embarrass another friend.
This is the ‘friendship dilemma’ in science.
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