Every reader, then, pours their own plausibility rankings onto the desiccated framework of a scientific article, bringing it to life and drawing conclusions accordingly—conclusions that are saturated with subjectivity and that consequently differ from scientist to scientist. Each epoch, each research group, each individual scientist will interpret the scientific literature, and so the significance of the amassed scientific evidence, in their own way. Early on there will be doubt and disagreement, but as the evidence accumulates, it will emerge that whatever plausibility rankings you bring to
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