This idea must die
This reference is used to annotate texts at SuperMemo Guru by Piotr Wozniak
For Christmas 2018, I got a nice gift: a book listing all ideas that are supposed to die ("This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress"). The book is jam-packed with outlandish claims and theories that call for a deeper scrutiny of some scientific concepts. I do not read paper texts any more. However, I make some exceptions when I am away from the computer (e.g. while contemplating nature on a sunny park bench, while sweating in sauna, etc.).
My early reading of the book has delivered a couple of jolts. Some of the ideas that are at the core of my thinking about the brain have been called into question. I will probably write about some of the wrong propositions in the book. Most of all, I keep saying Wrong models have value, and we should retire nothing.
Examples of ideas criticized in the book:
Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:
Book: This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress