>From the excellent book, "Bad Science", bu Ben Goldacre I just put these up on my wall:
1. We see patterns where there is only random noise. 2. We see causal relationships where there are none. 3. We overvalue confirmatory information for any given hypothesis. 4. We seek out confirmatory information for any given hypothesis. 5. Our assessment of the quality of new evidence is biased by our previous beliefs. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" 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/leo-editor?hl=en.
