Rational soothsaying
Think with Pinker
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Is Linda a Feminist Bank Teller?
Barbara mellers helped introduce a new method of resolving scientific debates. In theory, scientists test rival hypotheses by doing a critical experiment that decides between in practice, scientists are only human and they are defensive about their pet theories. As a result, scientific debates can drag on for years as each side tries to move the goal posts in their direction. But statements about reality are true or false, regardless of who believes in them. Could they wooll in politics for better ways of seeking the truth, such as adversarial collaboration?
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