Girl Interrupting: It is damn hard to admit you are wrong

[liveonearth]

It is damn hard to admit you are wrong
http://sylviamclain.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/it-is-damn-hard-to-admit-you-are-wrong/

Girl Interrupting is Sylvia's science blog. In this post she ruminates on the human tendency to stick to the explanation that is known, and on how this behavior affects us, especially within the pursuit of science.

Comments

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

So you're saying its worse in the US. I guess I am not surprised. We are the coddled ones.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

I worked in the defense industry in the UK, half my career as a principal consultant and the other half at the company that managed the Atomic Weapons Establishment and ran most nuclear weapon programs. So maybe my experience wasn't typical. But the companies I have worked for here are not really interested in a real quality process, just in passing the tests. Not all companies here are the same, our next door neighbors are a CMM level 5 defense contractor. I expect they do a very good job.