Why read fringe science?
We should never adopt a viewpoint where some ideas are 100 percent right and others are 100 percent wrong. Instead, we should cultivate a healthy .01 percent belief in crazy things.
—William J. Beaty, Research Engineer, University of Washington
Baggyrinkle on 21 Aug 2008 at 7:29 am #
Why NOT read fringe science?
Because its fringe and unscientific and diminishes the value of real science. Sort of like religion.
Hal…
Rebecca on 22 Aug 2008 at 2:17 pm #
To Hal,
I appreciate your comment. In the quote, Beaty simply asks us to place “a .01 percent belief in crazy things.”
Until recently, the proponents of the brain’s plasticity were criticized for being “unscientific.” Now, we know more about the brain and that its structure can indeed change or improve.