They have respect for the scientific method and the group enterprise precisely because the stock of our individual reason is small. Amid all the charms to follow, that mixture of humility and daring is the most unusual and important. (查看原文)
The core of a scientific lifestyle is to change your mind when faced with information that disagrees with your views, avoiding intellectual inertia, yet many of us praise leaders who stubbornly stick to their views as "strong".
Nonscientists harbor deep-seated instincts concerning the management of uncertainty in their everyday lives--instincts that exist because they generally work but that profoundedly differ from the optimal strategy in science and technology. (查看原文)
我们对“聪明地思考”颇有兴趣,但对标准化“智慧”意兴阑珊。在传播理论中,信息并非被定义为“数据”或“输入”,信息是“产生差异的差异”(a difference that makes a difference)。这才是我们期望中合作者要达到的水平。 本书的“年度问题”,经由史蒂芬·平克提议和丹尼...
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