Grattan Endicott:

>>+=+ I will have a think about misinformation.
>>The boundaries are in the mind. They may
>>encompass in some degree information
>>expressed in a manner that misleads.
>> ~ Grattan ~ +=+

Steve Willner:

>It seems to me a practical approach is first to
>decide what a correct explanation would
>have been, then work out what would have
>happened if the correct explanation had
>been given. If that result is more favorable to
>the side receiving the explanation, rule MI
>and give them the benefit.

Richard Hills:

I agree with Grattan and disagree with Steve.

Max Planck's explanation below is completely
correct, so TD Steve would rule zero MI if I
was Planck's opponent.

But TD Grattan would indeed rule much MI,
since Planck's explanation is "expressed in a
manner that misleads" me, given that Planck's
explanation is in German while I am monoglot
in the English language.

Max Planck (1858 - 1947):
 
Eine neue wissenschaftliche Wahrheit pflegt
sich nicht in der Weise durchzusetzen, daß
ihre Gegner überzeugt werden und sich als
belehrt erklären, sondern vielmehr dadurch,
daß ihre Gegner allmählich aussterben und
daß die heranwachsende Generation von
vornherein mit der Wahrheit vertraut gemacht
ist.

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Jeff Easterson:

[snip]
>I take it from your response that, without ever
>having been to such a class and thus without
>the faintest idea of what is done there you feel
>capable of knowing what is done and what is
>not done there. Any logical basis for this or is
>it just arrogance?
>
>Incidentally what you refer to as "classes" are
>also seminars and workshops, at least in
>Europe.
>
>JE

Richard Hills:

The Australian Bridge Directors Association
runs regular seminars and workshops led by
senior national Directors. And useful links can
be found on the ABDA Resources page ->

http://www.abf.com.au/directors/resources.html

There is no logical basis for denying the
existence of human-caused global warming,
just arrogance.

Philip Ball, The Guardian, 31st July 2012:

[snip]
In one sense, Muller is here acting as a model
scientist: demanding strong evidence, damning
distortions in any direction, and most of all,
exemplifying the Royal Society's motto Nullius
in verba, "take no one's word for it". But that's
not necessarily as virtuous as it seems. For one
thing, as the Royal Society's founders
discovered, you have to take someone's word
for some things, since you lack the time and
knowledge to verify everything yourself. And as
one climatologist said, Muller's findings only
"demonstrate once again what scientists have
known with some degree of certainty for nearly
two decades". Wasn't it verging on arrogant to
have so doubted his peers' abilities? There's a
fine line between trusting your own judgment
and assuming everyone else is a blinkered
incompetent.

All the same, Muller's self-confessed volte-
face is commendably frank. It's also unusual.
[snip]

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