Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in thi future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there ar no authorities; at most, there are experts.
What sceptical thinking boils down to is the means to construct and to understand, a reasoned argument and, especially important, to recognize a fallacious or fraudulent argument. The question is not whether we like
the conclusion that emerges out of a train of reasoning, but whether the conclusion follows from the premises or starting point and whether that premise is true.
wow墙内被删得一点水花都没有,要不是看颁奖礼我都不知道最佳纪录长片提名里还有一部讲中国经济发展中贫富差距的华裔导演纪录片《登楼叹》
Keeping an open mind is a virtue - but, as the space engineer James Oberg once said, not so open that your brains fall out.
@ArgentaQ 之前做toB培训产品时,我就和同事提过多次应该去残疾儿童学校推行编程培训,因为比起很多其他的高薪岗位,技术岗不太需要太多沟通能力也不需要出差,甚至可以远程工作。我高中时参加的一个编程活动带队人是手部残疾的患者,但他依旧可以正常编程。