tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post111257656396373373..comments2024-03-08T04:09:09.836-06:00Comments on Mixing Memory: Self-Perpetuating Paradigms: How Scientists Deal With Unexpected ResultsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1141829812708155122006-03-08T08:56:00.000-06:002006-03-08T08:56:00.000-06:00I posted this to Andrew's blog in reference to the...I posted this to Andrew's blog in reference to the post you cited, but thought you might find it of interest as well:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Speaking of not ignoring anomalies, I'd welcome your thoughts on <A HREF="http://amethodnotaposition.blogspot.com/2006/02/primacy-of-model-over-fact.html" REL="nofollow">this evidence</A> that Lamarkian-style effects occur in evolution.<BR/><BR/>Also <A HREF="http://amethodnotaposition.blogspot.com/2006/02/nature-of-evolution.html" REL="nofollow">this paper</A> by the co-discoverer of retrovirii is very interesting.<BR/><BR/>You might also enjoy <A HREF="http://amethodnotaposition.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-to-become-crackpot.html" REL="nofollow">this discussion</A> of how anomalies tend to be received when they contradict the favored model du jour.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://amethodnotaposition.blogspot.com/2005/09/sheldrake-debate.html" REL="nofollow">This is relevant</A> to the discussion as well.<BR/><BR/>Then after reading all that stuff, you might be <A HREF="http://amethodnotaposition.blogspot.com/2005/08/category-scientific-studies.html" REL="nofollow">open to this</A>.M.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13310971675352307226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1113036569469497042005-04-09T03:49:00.000-05:002005-04-09T03:49:00.000-05:00Oh, wow! If you hadn't guessed from my obsession w...Oh, wow! If you hadn't guessed from my obsession with schemas, I am a big Bartlett fan. <BR/><BR/>My most famous intellectual ancestor is Skinner, who was the mentor of the mentor of my mentor.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1113036376019965492005-04-09T03:46:00.000-05:002005-04-09T03:46:00.000-05:00Impressive bit of ancestry there (I recently disco...Impressive bit of ancestry there (I recently discovered that I'm the intellectual great-grandchild of Sir Frederic Bartlett, via Alan Welford and Doug Vickers). I've been meaning to read your archived posts. Will have to get around to it sometime when I'm not so annoyingly busy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1112655363509813032005-04-04T17:56:00.000-05:002005-04-04T17:56:00.000-05:00Andrew, thanks, and you're welcome for the link. I...Andrew, thanks, and you're welcome for the link. It was your post that led me to write this one.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1112651106515353242005-04-04T16:45:00.000-05:002005-04-04T16:45:00.000-05:00Hey Chris, fascinating post! Using science to stud...Hey Chris, fascinating post! Using science to study how science works... how meta.<BR/><BR/>(and thanks for linking to me!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1112633070453773522005-04-04T11:44:00.000-05:002005-04-04T11:44:00.000-05:00Hey Dan, I'm glad you commented, because I keep me...Hey Dan, I'm glad you commented, because I keep meaning to add your blog to my blogroll, but keep losing the url (it's really long!). <BR/><BR/>I know I have a few posts in the archives, somewhere, on structure-mapping specifically, but I'm too lazy to go look for them. It's a very nice theory, and Dedre's done some really nice work on it over the years. Of course, I am one of her intellectual descendents (not just in influence, but in who I've studied under), so I'm a bit biased.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1112631423407626902005-04-04T11:17:00.000-05:002005-04-04T11:17:00.000-05:00Nice post. Quite scarily, I was thinking about ana...Nice post. Quite scarily, I was thinking about analogical reasoning (and Gentner's structure-mapping hypothesis in particular) this afternoon (hence <A HREF="http://www.psychology.adelaide.edu.au/members/staff/danielnavarro/qurtuba/index.php?entry=entry050404-235029" REL="nofollow">this</A> rather silly piece). But it's interesting to note that in Bayesian statistics it is the unexpected observations that cause you to revise your beliefs the most. Suggests the idea that both everyday analogy and scientific reasoning have a basis in rational statistical inference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com