The Exorcism of Emotion in Rational Science (and AI) with Lorraine Daston
The Good Robot - A podcast by Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage

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In this episode, the historian of science Lorraine Daston explains why science has long been allergic to emotion, which is seen to be the enemy of truth. Instead, objective reason is science’s virtue. She explores moments where it’s very difficult for scientists not to get personally involved, like when you’re working on your pet hypothesis or theory, which might lead you to select data that confirms your hypothesis, or when you’re confronted with some anomalies in your dataset that threaten ...