?To Err Is Human. And How! And Why. By Dwight Garner http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/books/11book.html?hpw
"Thinkers have toyed with theories of error since Plato’s time, many of them generally agreeing with Albert Einstein, who said, 'If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?' " Pity Garner and the New York Times didn't do a bit of fact checking on that dubious quote! http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Albert_Einstein#Unsourced Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tips] The Upside of "Being Wrong" Mike Palij Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:40:40 -0700 There is a review of two books in the NY Times on the nature of human error making and the review points out that the books take very different orientations towards the making of errors. One book is "Being Wrong" by Kathryn Schulz and the other is "Wrong" by David Freedman. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/books/11book.html?hpw I wonder, on the basis of the review, which book would Tipsters want to read first? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3046 or send a blank email to leave-3046-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
