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February 20, 2016
The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit
There is a veritable truckload of bullshit in science. When I say bullshit, I mean arguments, data, publications, or even the official policies of scientific organizations that give every impression of being perfectly reasonable — of being well-supported by the highest quality of evidence, and so forth — but which don’t hold up when you scrutinize the details. Bullshit has the veneer of truth-like plausibility. It looks good. It sounds right. But when you get right down to it, it stinks. | Quillette
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 20, 2016 8:04 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.