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Interesting, this reminds me of a book I thought about writing at one point titled something like "How To Tell What Is True" Which would cover topics like: *
by barmstrong 16y ago
Interesting, this reminds me of a book I thought about writing at one point titled something like "How To Tell What Is True"
Which would cover topics like:
* Peer review
* Double blind experiments
* Anecdotal evidence
* Statistical Significance
But I sort of lost interest and ended up just making it a blog post instead...
http://www.startbreakingfree.com/504/how-to-tell-whats-bullshit-and-whats-true-part-1/ http://www.startbreakingfree.com/504/how-to-tell-whats-bulls...
- TheSOB88 16y agoParent's ideas are much more applicable to the general public, which is who needs this training the most.
- pjscott 16y agoNow there's an interesting question: how can you teach some low-hanging fruit of rationality to someone with maybe half an hour to spare? The best attempt at this I've seen is Carl Sagan's article "The Fine Art of Boloney Detection", from his book The Demon-Haunted World. Sagan was an engaging writer, and does a good job making it easy to understand. I found a copy here: http://dannybhoy1.tripod.com/baloney.htm http://dannybhoy1.tripod.com/baloney.htm It would be even better if we had effective sound bites. I suppose we have "Correlation does not equal causation", which rhymes nicely, but too many people think it means that correlation isn't evidence for causation, which is wrong. I guess this is a problem with soundbites in general.
- pradocchia 16y agoThis reminds me of a book I thought of writing, titled "The Limits of Certainty and the Quest for Authorization."