Professors who teach evidence-based medicine at universities generally don’t have any problem with the fact that they use non-evidence-based teaching methods to do it.
I don’t know of any 100% certain way to impart knowledge. There are techniques that teachers use that help the transmission of knowledge. There is at least some evidence suggesting certain methods work better than others, most of the time.
Very skeptical philosophers still think that they retirement money they invested in the stock market is safe.
“Safe” is the key word. No one who is paying attention believes their money is safe anywhere, let alone the stock market. There is a risk, and people, professor or otherwise, guage the risk and reward when they decide whether to invest.
Some Christians are compartmentalizing on a much more significant level. On one hand, they go to the mechanic if their car needs repairing and the accountant if they need halep with their taxes. On the other hand, they believe in invisible winged creatures and invisible horned creatures who are doing battle over the eternal destiny of souls in a very real ethereal spiritual plane of existence.
There is at least some evidence suggesting certain methods work better than others, most of the time.
Yes, but the average professor of medicine who preaches evidence-based medicine doesn’t study those methods.
He also doesn’t run controlled test together with other medicine professors to find out how to teach medicine most effectively. He still doesn’t feel like a hypocrite.
No one who is paying attention believes their money is safe anywhere, let alone the stock market.
If you ask them specifically they might deny to hold that belief, but they usually don’t walk their talk in the sense that they apply the student they preach with their philosopher hat to the decisions they make for their retirement money.
Some Christians are compartmentalizing on a much more significant level.
Not really. If you retirement funds get wiped out that a significant life event. If you believe in God and he doesn’t exist not much bad happens.
Beliefs with a high cost of being wrong are significant.
I guess, though I don’t like your examples.
I don’t know of any 100% certain way to impart knowledge. There are techniques that teachers use that help the transmission of knowledge. There is at least some evidence suggesting certain methods work better than others, most of the time.
“Safe” is the key word. No one who is paying attention believes their money is safe anywhere, let alone the stock market. There is a risk, and people, professor or otherwise, guage the risk and reward when they decide whether to invest.
Some Christians are compartmentalizing on a much more significant level. On one hand, they go to the mechanic if their car needs repairing and the accountant if they need halep with their taxes. On the other hand, they believe in invisible winged creatures and invisible horned creatures who are doing battle over the eternal destiny of souls in a very real ethereal spiritual plane of existence.
Yes, but the average professor of medicine who preaches evidence-based medicine doesn’t study those methods.
He also doesn’t run controlled test together with other medicine professors to find out how to teach medicine most effectively. He still doesn’t feel like a hypocrite.
If you ask them specifically they might deny to hold that belief, but they usually don’t walk their talk in the sense that they apply the student they preach with their philosopher hat to the decisions they make for their retirement money.
Not really. If you retirement funds get wiped out that a significant life event. If you believe in God and he doesn’t exist not much bad happens.
Beliefs with a high cost of being wrong are significant.