Cargo Cult Science
Oct. 13th, 2008 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snousleHere's one of the most important essays ever written about the scientific method. I first read this a number of years ago and it's stuck with me ever since.
http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/cargocul.htm
Having had the idea of "cargo cults" pointed out to me - imitating the superficial appearance of something to no effect - I now see them everywhere.
http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/cargocul.htm
Having had the idea of "cargo cults" pointed out to me - imitating the superficial appearance of something to no effect - I now see them everywhere.
