Center for Inquiry: We Could Be Wrong - The Value of Intellectual Humility in 'Skeptical Inquirer'
September 09, 2020
September 09, 2020
AMHERST, New York, Sept. 9 (TNSRes) -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release:
In our hyperpolarized, hyperpartisan era, perhaps the hardest thing to do is to admit we might be wrong. Baseless, unscientific beliefs are routinely expressed with absolute certainty, and for advocates of science and reason it is tempting to confront false claims with equal conviction, or even contemptuous dismissal. But in the latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer, researchers advance wha . . .
In our hyperpolarized, hyperpartisan era, perhaps the hardest thing to do is to admit we might be wrong. Baseless, unscientific beliefs are routinely expressed with absolute certainty, and for advocates of science and reason it is tempting to confront false claims with equal conviction, or even contemptuous dismissal. But in the latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer, researchers advance wha . . .