Let us not forget the Igon Value Problem. "He provides misleading definitions of “homology,” “sagittal plane” and “power law” and quotes an expert speaking abo

Let us not forget the Igon Value Problem. "He provides misleading definitions of “homology,” “sagittal plane” and “power law” and quotes an expert speaking about an “igon value” (that’s eigenvalue, a basic concept in linear algebra). In the spirit of Gladwell, who likes to give portentous names to his aperçus, I will call this the Igon Value Problem: when a writer’s education on a topic consists in interviewing an expert, he is apt to offer generalizations that are banal, obtuse or flat wrong." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html?_r=2& http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html...