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I love the humility, skepticism of belief Linde professes at the end. Despite a deep desire to believe in the beautiful, he is well aware of how you can be sed

I love the humility, skepticism of belief Linde professes at the end. Despite a deep desire to believe in the beautiful, he is well aware of how you can be seduced into believing things because you want to, not because the universe is that way.

LeoNatan25 13y ago
This is what separates the scientists from ... others.
- Balgair 13y ago
  We can only wish that is true, we are all just humans in the end: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-t... Also, I vaguely remember a study in 'some journal' that looked at all it's P values[0] and found an alarming number of them parked right at the limit of acceptance (.05), more so than chance could assume. If anyone remembers this study and can provide actual proof (not my terrible memory), I would be very thankful. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value
  - betenoire 13y ago
    I don't think he's commenting on statistical analysis, but rather saying that a scientist should follow the clues where ever it may take them, instead of looking for the clues that will get them where they want to be. And of course they fuck up, too.
  - judk 13y ago
    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._A._Ioannidis http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._A._Ioannidis "Most published findings are probably false."
  - lomnakkus 13y ago
    I can't claim to understand much of the statistics, but according to [1], p-values are pretty sketchy as a measure of "is this likely to be true?" [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4DgdurRPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4DgdurRPg
- hexagonc 13y ago
  Or rather, the scientific method from. . . other ways of "knowing"
snarkyturtle 13y ago
There's a Ben Franklin quote: "Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see." Seems like Linde subscribes to that thought, as all scientifically-minded people do.

LeoNatan25 13y ago

This is what separates the scientists from ... others.

Balgair 13y ago
We can only wish that is true, we are all just humans in the end: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-t... Also, I vaguely remember a study in 'some journal' that looked at all it's P values[0] and found an alarming number of them parked right at the limit of acceptance (.05), more so than chance could assume. If anyone remembers this study and can provide actual proof (not my terrible memory), I would be very thankful. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value
- betenoire 13y ago
  I don't think he's commenting on statistical analysis, but rather saying that a scientist should follow the clues where ever it may take them, instead of looking for the clues that will get them where they want to be. And of course they fuck up, too.
- judk 13y ago
  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._A._Ioannidis http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._A._Ioannidis "Most published findings are probably false."
- lomnakkus 13y ago
  I can't claim to understand much of the statistics, but according to [1], p-values are pretty sketchy as a measure of "is this likely to be true?" [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4DgdurRPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4DgdurRPg
hexagonc 13y ago
Or rather, the scientific method from. . . other ways of "knowing"

snarkyturtle 13y ago

There's a Ben Franklin quote: "Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see." Seems like Linde subscribes to that thought, as all scientifically-minded people do.