The article examines the idea that commercialized science is a central factor in the erosion of trust in science. I claim that commercial interests have a negative impact on the trustworthiness of science by leading the public to mistakenly trust or distrust scientific results. I identify two mechanisms. First, commercial interests can directly encourage the production of consensus or dissent that is industry friendly but not epistemically reliable. Second, commercial interests support a narrow understanding of trustworthiness that allows the industry to claim that their research is reliable when it is not. A more fine-grained analysis is needed.

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商业利益和科学信任的侵蚀

这篇文章探讨了商业化科学是侵蚀科学信任的核心因素的观点。我声称商业利益会导致公众错误地信任或不信任科学结果，从而对科学的可信度产生负面影响。我确定了两种机制。首先，商业利益可以直接鼓励对行业友好但在认知上不可靠的共识或异议的产生。其次，商业利益支持对可信度的狭隘理解，这使得行业可以在不可靠的情况下声称他们的研究是可靠的。需要更细粒度的分析。