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Mike McRae
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
Member Since
May 2013
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Unwell: What Makes a Disease a Disease?
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2018
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3 editions
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Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas
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2011
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9 editions
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The Machine Who Was Also a Boy (Pandora's Paradoxes 1)
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2013
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2 editions
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Scientifica: Laaja katsaus luonnontieteiden maailmaan
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2008
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“While science can be many things, above all it is a way for our mistake-making, illusion-prone, storytelling brains to compare different methods for describing nature.”
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas
“Scientific literacy is a rather noble ideal. Achieving it, however, is problematic thanks to our tribal brains. If science is equated with knowledge, then communicating facts, figures, and theories should be a way to increase the public’s level of engagement with it. However, this boils down to the authority distributing the information. Who do you listen to when there are conflicting sources? Our brain’s desire for certainty and its tendency to evaluate new information based on social clues means anybody painted as an expert, who sounds confident, shares our values and flatters our expectations, is more likely to win over our opinion...regardless of the scientific merits of their argument.”
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
“Sadly, because of our tribal brains, science carries a hefty cost. Treasured ideas that are loved by the community may be left behind, unable to compete with conflicting observations. Admired heroes may be found to have been mistaken. Years of hard work can amount to nothing thanks to a single observation, making a lifetime of effort seem like a waste of time. For our tribal brain, the philosopher’s toolbox is full of double-edged knives, capable of cutting away our hopes with the myths.”
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
― Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad Ideas
