Different modes of discourse
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-03-15
Summary:
Political/business negotiation vs. scholarly communication. In a negotiation you hold back, you only make concessions if you have to or in exchange for something else. In scholarly communication you look for your own mistakes, you volunteer information to others, and if someone points out a mistake, you learn from it. (Just a couple days ago, [...]