Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 11:36 -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
Just for the record, I was trying to make an oblique reference to Matt
18:3. No one is asking that you become stupid. But if we cannot review
new data without old prejudice, we will never hear the new data.
But the rub is that experience also helps to to understand things
better. And it is this experience that also shades what we see. The
proverbial double edged sword.
Not quite. The problem is emotional association. That and how much we
have invested in what we already believe. If we can evaluate new
information on its factual merits rather than through the prism of what
we believe, we can make reasoned choices. Unfortunately, that is not
the normal human response.
That is one reason that I love the hard sciences. We are constantly
learning new things, cherished old theories are no longer useful. If we
are to stay in the field, we must evaluate information rationally. It
is a bit like having your code criticized. It is not you, it is your
code. Many programmers have trouble with the difference.
-- Alma
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