Comments on: The Famous Scientist Fallacy http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2010/the-famous-scientist-fallacy/ Andy Simpson's personal blog. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jenny_mohan http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2010/the-famous-scientist-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-890 jenny_mohan Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:59:47 +0000 http://aiusepsi.co.uk/?p=557#comment-890 It's all part of the simply terrible way in which science is presented to the layman and taught before you get up to learning decent science at degree level. And you're right, it is deplorable. But I suppose it's done because everyone likes a good story with a hero and a plot and everyone likes to think about Great Men even if that is actually by and large a pretty fallacious way of looking at the world in general. After all, the same goes for kings and statesmen and women the world over - brilliant politics, heroes of their age, but look beneath the surface and you've got all kinds of difficult and annoying and downright terrible characteristics. <br><br>I guess we just like a good yarn, is what I'm saying. It's all part of the simply terrible way in which science is presented to the layman and taught before you get up to learning decent science at degree level. And you're right, it is deplorable. But I suppose it's done because everyone likes a good story with a hero and a plot and everyone likes to think about Great Men even if that is actually by and large a pretty fallacious way of looking at the world in general. After all, the same goes for kings and statesmen and women the world over – brilliant politics, heroes of their age, but look beneath the surface and you've got all kinds of difficult and annoying and downright terrible characteristics.

I guess we just like a good yarn, is what I'm saying.

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