The seductive allure is a reductive allure: People prefer scientific explanations that contain logically irrelevant reductive information

2016/06/28 by Emily J. Hopkins, Deena Skolnick Weisberg, Jordan Taylor +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · #Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations #Philosophy and History of Science

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.06.011

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Citations

• The Seductive Allure of Neuroscience Explanations

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• Lay perceptions of psychology: the (mis)match between lay beliefs and explanatory stances

Discussions

• It's interesting to think about why these sorts of articles gain traction too. There was a discussion of the "seductive allure" effect a few years ago (doi.org/10.1016/j.co...), which might partly exp [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]