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Good intentions are not good enough

Jan 23, 2018 | Category: Featured

I genuinely believe that everyone involved in education is well-intentioned. If making money was the prime motivation I'm sure we could find other, more profitable areas to operate in. Like internatio...

#falsifiability #principle of charity

My idea for making science a more fundamental part of culture and society

Jun 02, 2017 | Category: Featured

I've been asked to contribute an idea to the British Science Association's campaign, Science: not just for scientists. Their aim is to compile "100 ideas to make science a more fundamental part of cul...

#falsifiability #British Science Association

Are you fooling yourself? Education and epidemiology

Apr 29, 2017 | Category: research

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman Epidemiology is the science of tryi...

#falsifiability #autism #correlation #epidemiology

The closed circle: Why being wrong is so useful

Oct 30, 2015 | Category: psychology

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.Fyodor Dostoevsky A closed circle argument is one where there is no possibility of convincing an opponent that they might be wrong. T...

#Richard Feynman #pseudoscience #falsifiability

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Good intentions are not good enough

My idea for making science a more fundamental part of culture and society

Are you fooling yourself? Education and epidemiology

The closed circle: Why being wrong is so useful

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