The Argument from Authority – You are Not So Smart – David McRaney
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Punti chiave: I titoli cambiano dell’interlocutore cambiano il nostro modo di ascoltarlo – la conoscenza è specifica: la sapienza in un campo non aiuta l’apprendimento in un altro, semmai lo ostacola –
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THE MISCONCEPTION: You are more concerned with the validity of information than the person delivering it. THE TRUTH: The status and credentials of an individual greatly influence your perception of that individual’s message.
Note: BIAS
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Those who devote their lives to the study or practice of a given idea are worth listening to when it comes to the areas of their expertise, but this doesn’t mean all their opinions are golden.
Note:IL DOTTO FUORI DAL SUO CAMPO
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Today, the ice-pick lobotomy is condemned by medicine as a barbaric and naive approach to dealing with mental illness. The rise and fall of the ice-pick lobotomy had a lot to do with the argument from authority. Freeman and others had jumped the gun on the scientific evidence…This sort of turnover in science is common,…
Note: UNA STORIA ESEMPLARE: LA LOBOTOMIA
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You naturally look to those in power as having something special you lack, a spark of something you would like to see inside yourself. This is why people sometimes subscribe to the beliefs of celebrities
Note:LA SANTITÀ
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If a celebrity footballer tells you to buy a particular brand of batteries, ask yourself if the footballer seems like an expert on electrochemical energy storage units before you take his word.
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