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Re:How to give a great scientific talk by sitkack on Monday January 07, 2019 @10:02AM (#18845643)
If we are to have healthy discussions, we need to socialize being ok with being wrong. Embarrassment will end the human race.
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Re:How to give a great scientific talk by sitkack on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:15PM (#18895026)
This article on Vox [0] is exactly what I was talking about.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18892889

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Re:How to give a great scientific talk by SubiculumCode on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:38AM (#18846671)
I expect that fear of embarrassment leads people to work harder to be right.
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Re:How to give a great scientific talk by stronglikedan on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:42AM (#18846719)
> Embarrassment will end the human race.

Not before we're all offended to death.

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