John Myers wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times titled Coronavirus plunges California into worst budget deficit in state history. Continue reading “California government faces a $54.3-billion budget deficit”
Tom Peters interview during Coronavirus shutdown
Melinda Byerley interviewed Tom Peters for the Stayin’ Alive In Technology podcast. Continue reading “Tom Peters interview during Coronavirus shutdown”
P-Hacking
Christie Aschwanden wrote an article for Wired titled We’re All ‘P-Hacking’ Now. Continue reading “P-Hacking”
Coronavirus Pushes Colleges to the Breaking Point
The Wall Street Journal ran an article titled Coronavirus Pushes Colleges to the Breaking Point, Forcing ‘Hard Choices’ About Education (April 30, 2020). Continue reading “Coronavirus Pushes Colleges to the Breaking Point”
The Bikeshed Effect: Parkinson’s Law of Triviality
Farnham Street posted an article titled Why We Focus on Trivial Things: The Bikeshed Effect. Continue reading “The Bikeshed Effect: Parkinson’s Law of Triviality”
Confronting indifference toward truth: Dealing with workplace bullshit
Ian P. McCarthy, David Hannah, Leyland F. Pitt, and Jane M. McCarthy wrote a paper titled Confronting indifference toward truth: Dealing with workplace bullshit. Continue reading “Confronting indifference toward truth: Dealing with workplace bullshit”
Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition
Kaidi Wu and David Dunning wrote an article for Scientific American called Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition.
« Often, human fate rests not on what people know but what they fail to know. Often, life’s outcomes are determined by hypocognition… Hypocognition, a term introduced to modern behavioral science by anthropologist Robert Levy, means the lack of a linguistic or cognitive representation for an object, category, or idea… [We are] hypocognitive of the numerous concepts that elude our awareness. We wander about the unknown terrains of life as novices more often than experts, complacent of what we know and oblivious to what we miss. » Continue reading “Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition”
Epistemic Trespassing
Nathan Ballantyne wrote a paper titled Epistemic Trespassing for Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy (Mind, Volume 128, Issue 510, April 2019, Pages 367–395).
« Epistemic trespassers judge matters outside their field of expertise. Trespassing is ubiquitous in this age of interdisciplinary research and recognizing this will require us to be more intellectually modest. » Continue reading “Epistemic Trespassing”
The illusion of certainty
Rory Sutherland wrote an article for The Spectator titled The illusion of certainty. Continue reading “The illusion of certainty”
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