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The classic: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair Except possibly eve
by vacuity 3y ago
The classic:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
Except possibly even more high stakes than that, since academics' very reputations are on the line.
- ohnonononohno 3y agoREM: sunk-cost-falacy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat_puzzle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat_puzzle Gödel's incompleteness theorem (philosophical); 'Theorem states that no consistent system of axioms can be listed by an effective procedure, capable of proving all truth' (-; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_logic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_logic Hint: HN in 2016 regards...