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We shouldn't shame people for performing obvious studies: studying it can either disprove false beliefs, or yield more insight. There is a very real problem in
by richbell 4y ago
We shouldn't shame people for performing obvious studies: studying it can either disprove false beliefs, or yield more insight.
There is a very real problem in the sciences that doing "unsexy" science is treated a waste of time.
- WalterBright 4y agoI might actually agree with you, because if anyone did a study on icons in cars that are "obviously" better, they'd find they are much worse than using language. For example, the fuel icon is a picture of a fuel pump with an arrow on one side of it, say on the right side pointing to the right. Does this mean: 1. The fuel pump goes on the left side of the car and one inserts the pump to the right 2. The fuel pump goes on the right side of the car and one inserts the pump to the left Both are quite reasonable interpretations. I always have to stop and think which one it is. If it said "cap on right" then there's no ambiguity.