Adversarial Collaboration: An EDGE Lecture by Daniel Kahneman

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• Author: [[edge.org]]
• Full Title: Adversarial Collaboration: An EDGE Lecture by Daniel Kahneman
• Category: #articles
• URL: https://www.edge.org/adversarial-collaboration-daniel-kahneman

Highlights

• The feature that makes most critiques intellectually useless is a focus on the weakest argument of the adversary. It is common for critics to include a summary caricature of the target position, refute the weakest argument in that caricature, and declare the total destruction of the adversary’s position.
  • Tags: [[criticism]] [[critique]]
• believe that we theorists are not fully aware of the extent to which the experiments we plan and carry out are biased to favor our theoretical point of view. I’m not alluding to a file drawer problem, to people hiding research that they don’t like. The bias enters at the design stage. When you consider possible experiments, you apply your intuition to select those that are likely to support your view.