Outside the Laboratory (Eliezer Yudkowsky)
Found this via PZ Myers:
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/outside_the_lab.html
Man, if even so many scientists don't get it, what hope is there for the general public at all? Sigh. Still the fact there are people like this who are alerting others to problem gives some hope. It does seem lately that more and more folks are starting to stand up and say "enough is enough".
I'm one to talk, though. The full implications of the scientific method and of science itself didn't really work its way through my compartmentalized brain until at least my late 20's, even though I understood most of the principles, somthing just didn't click, the synapses didn't bridge the gap, and denial and wishful thinking reigned supreme. It's a shame that humans seem to be so hard-wired for cognitive dissonance.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/01/outside_the_lab.html
Man, if even so many scientists don't get it, what hope is there for the general public at all? Sigh. Still the fact there are people like this who are alerting others to problem gives some hope. It does seem lately that more and more folks are starting to stand up and say "enough is enough".
I'm one to talk, though. The full implications of the scientific method and of science itself didn't really work its way through my compartmentalized brain until at least my late 20's, even though I understood most of the principles, somthing just didn't click, the synapses didn't bridge the gap, and denial and wishful thinking reigned supreme. It's a shame that humans seem to be so hard-wired for cognitive dissonance.