MichaelGR comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:35PM

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Comment author: MichaelGR 21 January 2010 12:39:53AM *  5 points [-]

I haven't read it, so I can't comment directly on it.

But you should probably know that Gladwell has been criticized a lot for un-scientific methodology and for turning interesting anecdotes and "just-so" stories into generalizations and supposed "laws" (without much evidence).

The most recent example of high profile criticism of Gladwell is probably this review by Steven Pinker: Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective

I don't know if this criticism applies to Blink, though, but if you read it, your BS detector should probably be turned up a notch.