One of the great hoaxes in human history ( besides big foot) is the Piltdown Hoax. England 1912 Charles Dawson discovered what would be identified as the first remains of early humans in England. This was a fascinating find for the scientific community as it would shed light on evolution and how human like the skull was. Fast forward to 1953 and Dawson discovery crumbled as it was proved to be a hoax, Time Magazine published the evidence gathered by 3 scientists that showed the jaw of the skull and some teeth were from monkeys, presumably it showed to be that of an orangutan and chimpanzee, under close examination it was noted that the teeth had been filed down to a shape more suitable for that of a human diet, and the rest of the skull was a human skull from the medieval ages. The shock came when scientist recognized that it was man made discovery by fellow scientists .
After WWII the scientific community began to use fluorine content to date fossils, this leads to the Piltdown man to be examined and the result was contradicting to that of its claims, first it dated at about 100,00 years, baffled by this scientist did a larger scale and the result were more eerie, the remains were less than 100 years old. Their final analysis showed that the staining was superficial and it had been cut after being fossilized, a microscope showed the teeth had been filed down. Although it was a setback for science it also showed the positive effects of the scientific process. It was using scientific methods that led to the discovery of the hoax.
Removing the human element from science would not make any sense, due to our impressive cognitive abilities, are curious and we like to understand our surroundings. It is what makes science so exciting. The human element of discovery and understanding makes science what it is and I would not remove that element from science. Even evolution is a process of trial and error; Science can be successful the same way.
There is a reason why the scientific method was invented, regarding science I have learned to only believe what can be proven time after time by different people and it has a vast amount of prove to back it up, just as in life we see all this post in social media, and even in the News that try to exaggerate or make things seem differently than what they are and its best to really examine what we are being presented with and be logical.