Comment by Ian2 on Beware of Stephen J. Gould · 2007-11-07T13:43:04.000Z · LW · GW

This post has generated some of the most passionate discussion yet on OB. This should be a warning sign: humans are especially prone to biases when it comes to closely cherished beliefs. Yet, I don't see a lot of hand wringing by either side about the possibility that the strongly held beliefs may be faulty.