I liked these quotes. # Just this month Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for quasi crystals, having spent much of his career being vilified and exiled as a crank “I was thrown out of my research group. They said I brought shame on them with what I was saying.” # " Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts", said Richard Feynman.
http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/11/1/scientific-heresy.htm =. On Nov 3, 5:40 pm, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > An excellent read. Thanks for the link. > On Nov 3, 2011 5:18 AM, "sadovnik socratus" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Lecture : Scientific heresy > > > "What sustains pseudoscience is confirmation bias. > > We look for and welcome the evidence that fits our pet theory; > > we ignore or question the evidence that contradicts it. > > We all do this all the time. > > It’s not, as we often assume, something that only our opponents > > indulge in. > > I do it, you do it, it takes a superhuman effort not to do it. > > That is what keeps myths alive, sustains conspiracy theories > > and keeps whole populations in thrall to strange superstitions." > > >http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/11/1/scientific-heresy.html > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Epistemology" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
