“Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts. The failures of science do not begin with flawed evidence or fumbled statistics; they begin with personal self-deception and an unjustified sense of knowing.” LooksSelfKnowingHumilityResearchEvidenceScientistDeceptionStatisticsContemplatingInwardMechanicFlawedSelf DeceptionExperimentationUnjustifiedGood Science Book:On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not Source: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
“Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason.” KnowsStatesReasonBrainKnowingFunctionAriseCertaintyMechanismLike LoveInvoluntary Book:On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not Source: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not