“When speaking of a "body of knowledge" or of "the results of research," e.g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to independently acquired knowledge. To counteract this tendency a special effort is required to transform inherited knowledge into genuine knowledge by revitalizing its original discovery, and to discriminate between the genuine and the spurious elements of what claims to be inherited knowledge.” BodyResultsEffortSpecialElementsResearchDiscoveryClaimsOriginalsGenuineTendenciesCognitive Book:What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
“Be very focused. Do your homework so your research and claims are unassailable. Make sure it is bulletproof and then make sure you are really focused. The thing I find is that the issues are usually so large that you try to cover a lot of ground. That's a natural impulse.” TryingNaturalIssuesResearchClaimsFocusedImpulseHomeworkBulletproof Author:Amy Ziering
“...a vocal minority of scientists so mistrusts the models and the complex fragmentary data, that some claim that global warming is a hoax. They have made public statements accusing other scientists of deliberate fraud in aid of their research funding. Both sides are now hurling personal epithets at each other, a very bad development in Earth sciences.” MadeEarthSidesDevelopmentModelsResearchScientistClaimsComplexesAidsStatementsDataGlobal WarmingMinoritiesFraudBoth SidesDeliberateVocalFundingMistrustAccusingHoaxesEpithetHurlingEarth Science Author:Joanne Simpson
“If one were to claim that the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq have been provided with "keys to heaven" by the Pentagon, would that need historical research to be disproved or would you just say, "That's just propaganda"? Indeed, how can you disprove the claim that U.S. soldiers have such keys? Or why should you disprove such ridiculous claims? It is the accusers who must provide the evidence.” IfsNeedsShouldHas BeensForceHeavenKeysResearchEvidenceClaimsHistoricalSoldierIraqRidiculousPropagandaOccupationPentagonAccusersHistorical Research Author:Mohammad Marandi
“I believe that research, that you can claim that you're doing research only if half of the people, and I'm talking about half of the experts, believe that the goal is impossible.” PeopleIfsBelieveI BelieveGoalHalfTalkingImpossibleResearchClaimsExperts Author:Burt Rutan
“Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other 'studies' courses.” MadeCoursesTeachStudyResearchClaimsVariousDareGenderProfessorsPublish Author:Thomas Sowell
“Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become familiar with the quality of my mind and imagination. They can make judgements about my research abilities. They can tell how well I have documented my claims of experimental results. Any scientist can redo my experiments to see if they still work-and this has happened! I know of no other field in which contributions to world culture are so clearly on exhibit, so cumulative, and so subject to verification.” IfsKnowsWorldMindWellsStillsBookScienceCultureReadingImaginationAbilityResultsQualityHappenedSubjectsFieldsResearchScientistClaimsDetailsExperimentsFamiliarJudgementContributionMatureExhibitsOf My MindScientific MethodChemistCumulativeVerificationRedos Author:Donald Cram