I was surprised that your holiday is for celebrating Francis rather than Roger. Francis was more politician than scientist and, for the most part, didn’t recognize good science when he saw it. Also, his scientific methodology is impossible to follow (even in principle), while Roger made genuine progress in logic, science, and methodology. On the other hand, his Idols of the Mind concept in the Novum Organum seems like a primitive attempt at categorizing cognitive bias, which, IMO, is pretty damn cool.
True, but Roger is a more complicated figure, who fewer have heard of and some might hesitate to lionize, compared to Francis. Also, I hadn’t yet heard of Roger Bacon in late 2009 when I first had the idea.
On the other hand, his Idols of the Mind concept in the Novum Organum seems like a primitive attempt at categorizing cognitive bias, which, IMO, is pretty damn cool.
I was surprised that your holiday is for celebrating Francis rather than Roger. Francis was more politician than scientist and, for the most part, didn’t recognize good science when he saw it. Also, his scientific methodology is impossible to follow (even in principle), while Roger made genuine progress in logic, science, and methodology. On the other hand, his Idols of the Mind concept in the Novum Organum seems like a primitive attempt at categorizing cognitive bias, which, IMO, is pretty damn cool.
True, but Roger is a more complicated figure, who fewer have heard of and some might hesitate to lionize, compared to Francis. Also, I hadn’t yet heard of Roger Bacon in late 2009 when I first had the idea.
Agreed!
Conflate them. (see page 7)
Heh, awesome.