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A paper that spends most of its introduction on opinions about permissible modes of reasoning under social convention is starting out badly. Everything expresse
by ncmncm 5y ago
A paper that spends most of its introduction on opinions about permissible modes of reasoning under social convention is starting out badly. Everything expressed may be necessary, but it would be better to come to them than to start out with them.
- SemanticStrengh 5y agoIt is needed given the strong cognitive biases at hand here e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Fallacy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Fallacy_effect what prevent progress towards quantum gravity has more to do with social inertia than technicalities tbh.