Debunking ‘Triple Package’ in Success

Chabris and Hart throw junk social science into the trash.

Christopher Chabris and Joshua Hart have punctured the anecdotal folklore propounded by Amy Chua (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother), and Jed…

Reseña: El análisis de la realidad social. Métodos y técnicas de investigación

Una de las carencias de la disciplina Información y Documentación (en el mundo mundial information science), es la falta de obras de referencia sobre los procesos y las técnicas de investigación…

There’s More to Rationality (and Human Behavior) Than Cass Sunstein Thinks

Cass Sunstein, of “Nudge” fame, has penned a review of a new book I am interested in reading on deception in markets. While normally I would not describe myself as overly friendly to the assumptions of…

Some Stray Thoughts Regarding Implications of Google’s New Quantum Computing Announcement

I will admit that I am still learning some of the theory behind quantum computing and my ability to understand is not as great as my knowledge of classical computation. I am…

Types of Evidence in Social Research

Social scientists have to use evidence to explain they dynamics of our economic, cultural and political lives. Powerful arguments use several kinds of evidence, and weak arguments use just one kind evidence. These are the four forms of evidence we use in supporting…