tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793782640122631277.post7891085106886893768..comments2024-01-11T15:06:00.397+01:00Comments on Nous et les Autres: A few thoughts on the role of paradoxes in social psychologyOlivier Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193492276911644269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793782640122631277.post-35179509603337862492013-10-02T21:11:28.364+02:002013-10-02T21:11:28.364+02:00I guess you are right, Roger. I read too little (s...I guess you are right, Roger. I read too little (social) neuroscience. Olivier Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193492276911644269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793782640122631277.post-71734995671657374722013-10-02T20:34:59.169+02:002013-10-02T20:34:59.169+02:00You can publish the incredibly obvious. There just...You can publish the incredibly obvious. There just has to be a picture of a brain thinking it.Roger Giner-Sorollahttp://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/ginerr/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793782640122631277.post-64123043109167810022013-10-02T19:10:10.678+02:002013-10-02T19:10:10.678+02:00Thanks for your comment, Dave. It's nice to se...Thanks for your comment, Dave. It's nice to see I am not the only admirer of McGuire's perspectivist approach. And I totally agree with your last point (I wish I had written it myself!). Olivier Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193492276911644269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793782640122631277.post-59734319194429399542013-10-02T16:28:14.725+02:002013-10-02T16:28:14.725+02:00Very interesting points, Olivier! I think you hit ...Very interesting points, Olivier! I think you hit on some important issues -- paradoxical findings can be critical but have spun out of control.<br /><br />There's something incredibly important about a counter-intuitive finding when it causes us to have to rethink the way we once thought of things and reveals new insights. Whether that be dissonance findings poking holes in behaviorism, or the white bear finding shedding light on the importance of metacognition.<br /><br />The problem becomes, as you make clear, when we start looking for counter-intuitive findings for their own sake, rather than what they teach us about our pre-existing beliefs. As McGuire put it, roughly, every hypothesis is true, the question is when and why.<br /><br />Mining for counter-intuitive hypotheses is not only a problem for the excellent reasons you point out, but also because it undermines the high value of those counter-intuitive findings that are truly important.Dave Nussbaumhttp://davenussbaum.comnoreply@blogger.com