The OUTSTANDING PRESS RELEASE of the Year will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in the special Improbable Research session. WHERE: Hilton Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas — in Salon H. WHEN: Saturday night, February 17, 2018, 8:00 pm. Selected by the Committee of Reporters who Receive […]
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Just the facts, man… The persistence of misconceptions
Derek Muller writes (and explains in more detail than I’m presenting here): “It is a common view that ‘if only someone could break this down and explain it clearly enough, more people would understand.’ However it is debatable whether clear, concise explanations really work…. People have existing ideas about real world phenomena before they encounter […]