It’s probably not a mere fairy tale. A researcher publicly criticized in detail some of his own published studies. (Frenzied mobs might now appear to criticize that criticism — presumably this researcher would more or less welcome such efforts.) Todd B. Kashdan, Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, writes in Psychology Today: Let […]
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Reacting to critics: On the other hand
Musing about how people react to criticism, Theodore Dalrymple, inspired by Richard Dawkins [pictured here, at right], writes about George Bernard Shaw (who reportedly scorned the idea that microbes can cause disease): “I suspect that he had that contrarian mindset that supposes that the truth must be the opposite of what everyone thinks, instead of […]