Richard Feynman on Pseudoscience
Jacob Edward · 5 HN recommendations
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A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman explaining why he considers much of social science pseudoscience. He stresses how easy it is to fool yourself and how much care real knowledge takes.
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“it's very hard to know something and you have to be really careful that you've done the work and aren't just deluding yourself” Read on HN ↗