Those more receptive to bull**** are less reflective, lower in cognitive ability (i.e., verbal and fluid intelligence, numeracy), are more prone to ontological confusions [beliefs in things for which there is no empirical evidence (i.e. that prayers have the ability to heal)] and conspiratorial ideation, are more likely to hold religious and paranormal beliefs, and are more likely to endorse complementary and alternative medicine.
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Most important person on English-language wikipedia? Frank Sinatra | Technology | thegu... - 0 views
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"Our analysis shows that most important historical figures across Wikipedia language editions are born in western countries after the 17th century, and are male,"
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PageRank says that a page is important if a lot of important pages link to it.
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The most important person in the world comes out as Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish naturalist
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Scientific method: Statistical errors : Nature News & Comment - 3 views
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""P values are not doing their job, because they can't,""
