tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post1442283492402861117..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Humility before the facts, and the melanopsin exampleAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-55662078463170922012013-08-28T18:56:21.641-04:002013-08-28T18:56:21.641-04:00Or, perhaps, the opposite: every case where a new ...Or, perhaps, the opposite: every case where a new discovery turns out to be easily explained in the usual way (here, a single gene), seduces the research establishment to believe everything is like that....Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-54221491171328201562013-08-28T17:36:24.209-04:002013-08-28T17:36:24.209-04:00Great piece. If only all the flaunted "discov...Great piece. If only all the flaunted "discoveries" of our age had an associated protein by which they could be verified.Brian Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806991255148262886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-80324092517690089882013-08-27T13:50:37.638-04:002013-08-27T13:50:37.638-04:00I do not think the 'blind people' pushing ...I do not think the 'blind people' pushing for soviet-style centralized Big Data projects will see the light in the traditional way. The more likely scenario is that they will run out of other people's money.Manoj Samantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264467983614167240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-64606674420819831392013-08-27T07:48:24.074-04:002013-08-27T07:48:24.074-04:00I did google the phrase and it turned up no source...I did google the phrase and it turned up no source... which is why I resorted to asking :). Thanks for the website.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-23217908844243844862013-08-27T07:41:25.998-04:002013-08-27T07:41:25.998-04:00google the phrase "sit down...." and/or ...google the phrase "sit down...." and/or google huxley papers (or some such site name) and search for the phrase.<br /><br />Go here for the letter:<br />http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/letters/60.htmlKen Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-76428758991143770472013-08-27T07:36:26.581-04:002013-08-27T07:36:26.581-04:00Thank you for this post today. I hope you don'...Thank you for this post today. I hope you don't mind if I take it personally. Wish I could apply it directly to a day of finding things out but have meetings most of the day. I'd love to use the Huxley quote at the top, but am having trouble proveniencing it. Do you know a source?Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.com