I am curious about the last bit in the post: ” thought to be a completely irrelevant factor, was wreaking havoc on an experiment.”
When saying “thought to be” are you suggesting that perhaps we should not view some of these factors as irrelevant and messing up results or should I see the emphasis on “the painstaking effort” applied to identify some irrelevant factor that messed things up?
More on the painstaking effort. I was gesturing at the fact that Young probably didn’t think the floors had anything to do with running rat mazes at the beginning, and later it turned out to be important. Through painstaking effort he realized this was what was messing stuff up.
I am curious about the last bit in the post: ” thought to be a completely irrelevant factor, was wreaking havoc on an experiment.”
When saying “thought to be” are you suggesting that perhaps we should not view some of these factors as irrelevant and messing up results or should I see the emphasis on “the painstaking effort” applied to identify some irrelevant factor that messed things up?
More on the painstaking effort. I was gesturing at the fact that Young probably didn’t think the floors had anything to do with running rat mazes at the beginning, and later it turned out to be important. Through painstaking effort he realized this was what was messing stuff up.