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This retraction shows we have to be extra critical of things that reinforce our beliefs. Working as a programmer, it can be easy to believe that some people ju
by panic 11y ago
This retraction shows we have to be extra critical of things that reinforce our beliefs. Working as a programmer, it can be easy to believe that some people just aren't cut out for it. That doesn't mean a publication written using official-sounding words and methods that happens to match this belief is true at all.
- splintercell 11y agoBut the retraction is super terrible. Imagine someone writes an article which makes a lot of sense, now that person writes a retraction which simply says "oh I was in great mental and psychological trouble when I wrote that". No, if you want to retract it, then make a case why this is not true. We don't believe that article because we trust the author.
- hyperpape 11y agoDid you look at the actual retraction? It explains what the original data demonstrated and references further work by him, his student, and other researchers that helps show what the test can and can't show. Here's the retraction: http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/staffpages/r_bornat/papers/camel_hump_retraction.pdf http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/staffpages/r_bornat/papers/camel_hu...