This is a fantastic piece. So many sections to highlight!
There was a time when I admired the fact that objective studies were used to test hypotheses even in social science (not just in STEM) and nothing was taken as an article of blind faith. Now I know that studies are flawed as are the researchers who conduct the studies. Some things are just common sense and, in situations where they appear not to work, it is foolish (and dangerous) to discard the entire institution rather than fixing or discarding just the non-working parts.
Some things can’t be measured with physical units or money. They must be surveyed, characterized, and scaled against standards that I don’t understand. I don’t object to the research. I just think it is arrogant to draw conclusions from it when those conclusions defy conventional wisdom. In such an arena, anyone can claim anything!
This is a fantastic piece. So many sections to highlight!
There was a time when I admired the fact that objective studies were used to test hypotheses even in social science (not just in STEM) and nothing was taken as an article of blind faith. Now I know that studies are flawed as are the researchers who conduct the studies. Some things are just common sense and, in situations where they appear not to work, it is foolish (and dangerous) to discard the entire institution rather than fixing or discarding just the non-working parts.
Some things can’t be measured with physical units or money. They must be surveyed, characterized, and scaled against standards that I don’t understand. I don’t object to the research. I just think it is arrogant to draw conclusions from it when those conclusions defy conventional wisdom. In such an arena, anyone can claim anything!