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June 19th, 2013
quote of an harvard professor
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Haakjöringsköd

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my favorite economic professor, greg mankiw who teaches in harvard, says about believe system:

In my view, it is best to consider all knowledge as tentative. The best scholars maintain an open-mindedness and humility about even their own core beliefs. Excessive conviction is often a sign of insufficient thought, which in turn may be derived from a certain pig-headedness. Intellectual maturity comes when you can maintain the right balance between informed belief and honest skepticism.

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It sounds like needs to get laid.
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it sounds like he is right
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Haakjöringsköd

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so what about the ideal of strong reality then?
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 Dude this stuff is REALLY obvious. I am sure he is a genius, but this observation is far from ingenious. Actually, science is rooted in the fact that all theories are tentative and available to be challenged (both social and physical science).

He did word it quite well though.
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so what about the ideal of strong reality then?
 

LOL
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Your evidence being....?
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I am sure he is a genius, but...
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'Those who can't do, teach, those who can't teach, teach gym.' 
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All he is saying is that you can have strong beliefs until science proves your beliefs wrong. At that point you will probably adopt a new set of beliefs, based on your new understanding of the world. Not that difficult.
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It doesn't literally mean I know he's a genius, it's just a figure of speech. And generally Harvard professors who went to Princeton and got a PhD at MIT are genius. Not the most ridiculous thought out there
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Your evidence being....?
TJ- wrote:
I am sure he is a genius, but...

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