Re: Obvfiousness and the intuitive world

Elliot Temple <[email protected]>
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On Nov 9, 2012, at 5:13 AM, hibbsa <[email protected]> wrote:

> [how does this study fit with the idea there isn't much shared
> obviousness and that life and reality is 'counter intuitive' (e.g. TCS
> ideology)
> 
> http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-decisions-based-instinct-surprisingly-positive.html

One of the philosophical premises of that research is that the truth is obvious. Consequently they used methods incapable of actually finding the non-obvious truth. So it's junk science. It's a good example of the power of Popperian philosophy (called "TCS" above).

-- Elliot Temple
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