http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/ A Vet Takes a Science-Based Look at Complementary and Alternative Medicine Wed, 16 May 2012 00:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2549 The History of Veterinary Acupuncture: It’s Not What You Think « The SkeptVet Blog Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:35:59 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-2549 [...] for centuries, even millennia despite having no benefits and even being harmful, due to the many, many reasons people are prone to making inaccurate judgments about such things. Even if acupuncture has [...] [...] for centuries, even millennia despite having no benefits and even being harmful, due to the many, many reasons people are prone to making inaccurate judgments about such things. Even if acupuncture has [...]

]]> http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-561 The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why incompetence is blind to itself. « The SkeptVet Blog Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:27:48 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-561 [...] able to see that they need this improvement. We all rationalize our failures under the pressure of cognitive dissonance, and we all assess ourselves more charitably than we assess others. But the Dunning-Kruger Effect [...] [...] able to see that they need this improvement. We all rationalize our failures under the pressure of cognitive dissonance, and we all assess ourselves more charitably than we assess others. But the Dunning-Kruger Effect [...]

]]> http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Animal Hospice — We Need It, and We Need to Do It Right « The SkeptVet Blog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:23:14 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-281 [...] they were using was failing, and because they had irrational fear of real medical therapies. Cognitive dissonance and other forms of denial are powerful, and we do our patients no service by helping our clients to [...] [...] they were using was failing, and because they had irrational fear of real medical therapies. Cognitive dissonance and other forms of denial are powerful, and we do our patients no service by helping our clients to [...]

]]> http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-266 wanderingprimate Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:54:33 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-266 Very, very nicely put...excellent post! Very, very nicely put…excellent post!

]]> http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-259 skeptvet Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:55:15 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-259 Thanks Rita! It's always nice to hear I've contributed somethng useful to someone. :-) Thanks Rita! It’s always nice to hear I’ve contributed somethng useful to someone.

]]> http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2009/10/cognitive-dissonance-and-evidence-based-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Rita Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:45 +0000 http://skeptvet.com/Blog/?p=215#comment-258 This is tremendous stuff! I spend a great deal of time trying to get this message across to people, now I can just send chunks of your post! "There is a complex balancing act between acknowledging one’s own limitations and weaknesses while at the same time vigorously acting on one’s values and beliefs." Just so - the second part being the most difficult in the light of the first. Folk who know less about how humans function do not have this problem and so go blithely on...... Great book recommendations, too. Rita This is tremendous stuff! I spend a great deal of time trying to get this message across to people, now I can just send chunks of your post!
“There is a complex balancing act between acknowledging one’s own limitations and weaknesses while at the same time vigorously acting on one’s values and beliefs.” Just so – the second part being the most difficult in the light of the first. Folk who know less about how humans function do not have this problem and so go blithely on……
Great book recommendations, too.
Rita

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