Cargo Cult Science
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Some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself. Caltech’s 1974 commencement address.
Cargo Cult Science Public Relations Normal Public Relations 2 1 2003-08-01T20:22:00Z 2003-08-01T20:22:00Z 3 3097 17653 Caltech 147 35 21679 10.2418 0 0 Cargo Cult Science by RICHARD P. FEYNMAN Some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself. Caltech’s 1974 commencement address. During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency. (Another crazy idea of the Middle Ages is these hats we have on today—which is too loose in my case.) Then a method was discovered for separating the ideas—which was t
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