tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post8904327522717327903..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Baloney Detection KitStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-20275891995153649912009-07-02T03:29:17.508+00:002009-07-02T03:29:17.508+00:00"How do we do that? What is the way to make t..."How do we do that? What is the way to make the baloney detection kit accessible?"<br /><br />Go for economy. For example, Schick and Vaugn's SEARCH formula is 6 steps simpler, and has the advantage of an acronym. <br /><br />_S_tate the claim<br />_E_xamine the evidence<br />consider _A_lternatives <br />_R_ate, according to the _C_riteria of adequacy, each _H_ypothesis.Kosh3https://www.blogger.com/profile/12311933575987511650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-71846919992439702052009-07-02T03:03:27.106+00:002009-07-02T03:03:27.106+00:00"Hrm too many steps, will not be memetically ..."Hrm too many steps, will not be memetically successful."<br /><br />Brilliant point. But then again, isn't that our challenge?<br /><br />How do we do that? What is the way to make the baloney detection kit accessible? <br /><br />What an incredibly great question for philosophers and educators to take up. I hear a guy named Dewey had some ideas, but they never got fully accepted. <br /><br />Any improvements out there based on recent and more comprehensive data?M. Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056410184615941086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-88867777722929911792009-07-02T00:15:18.099+00:002009-07-02T00:15:18.099+00:00Hrm too many steps, will not be memetically succes...Hrm too many steps, will not be memetically successful.Kosh3https://www.blogger.com/profile/12311933575987511650noreply@blogger.com