Strategic ignorance

2015-06-28 — 2021-11-29

Wherein a practiced restraint of knowledge by researchers is described, and the deliberate omission of data is employed to avoid bias in inquiry, and subtle effects on collaboration and interpretation are examined.

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bounded compute
culture
diy
economics
mind
rhetoric
wonk
Figure 1

Upon choosing not to know. Done well, it’s something highly effective researchers excel at and that I aspire to learn. Done badly, it’s a chance to damn ourselves.