sábado, 8 de janeiro de 2011

À mesa de jantar

Seth X, autor do blogue Our Dinner Table (cujo nome se inspirou no dito atribuído a Ronald Reagan que "All great change begins at the dinner table") escreve
«Call something a ‘study’ carried out by ‘experts’ and it gains instant credibility with many people.  News anchors seem to love how that rolls of their tongues.  A new study out today in the Journal of such-and-such says that this causes an X% greater chance of that.

Tell people to be skeptical of studies and do some due diligence before drawing a  conclusion and they look at you like you must be thick.  It’s a study.  It was carried out by experts.  It’s peer reviewed. All good stuff, but none of it means it’s right.  Believing it’s right without looking into is faith.»
Um título alternativo a este post poderia ser "não se deixe emprenhar pelos ouvidos"!

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