Tuesday, January 08, 2013
"Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong"
It's getting really difficult to absolutely argue something you think you know...
At Reason.com, Ronald Bailey writes about this and Samuel Arbesman's new book The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date (Current):
"As facts are made and remade with increasing speed, Arbesman is worried that most of us don’t keep up to date. That means we’re basing decisions on facts dimly remembered from school and university classes—facts that often turn out to be wrong."
