Nick, may I ask for some clarification? You said, "one of my favorite myth's is the Emperor's New Clothes, *"the idea that one can go PhD-less into some expert world and see something that expert practitioners are blind to."* What is mythical—i.e., who has 'not clothes', the one(s) with the Ph.D.s or the one without?
dave west On Sat, Mar 14, 2026, at 6:24 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > Hi, all, > > Meteorology, like psychology, and quantum theory, etc. is a subject matter > that collects fringy theorists. Since I am such a person, I cant really > fault another human being for being one. Also, one of my favorite myth's is > the Emperor's New Clothes, the idea that one can go PhD-less into some expert > world and see something that expert practitioners are blind to. Today's post > is thus an invitation to Shumlik Hazin's Substack and a summary of my > interaction with its author over the last few weeks. I am not sure it's > everybody's cup of tea, but those of you interested in the role of metaphor > in science might ponder on it. > > All the best, > > Nick > -- > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology > Clark University > [email protected] > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson > https://substack.com/@monist > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... > --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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