Scientifically validated research methods operate, like all prescriptive modes of observation, as filters which make selective aspects of reality accessible. As a general rule, the more rigorous the methods the narrower the aspect of reality that becomes accessible to the observer.

XREF: Tension between scientific rigor and holistic understanding — connects to debates about reductionism versus systems thinking in research methodology.

Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, loc. 29