Tukey’s Warning and Pascal’s Wager
Abstract We comment on an article by Shiffrin, Stigler, and Keil (2026) relating illusory beliefs of understanding to hubris, discussing the dangers associated with accepting a model as a lawful fact and the benefits of questioning one’s models.
Authors
- Kenneth J. Malmberg
- Amy H. Criss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6534-2285)
Institutions
- University of South Florida (US)
- Syracuse University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Computational Brain & Behavior
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s42113-026-00322-7
- Primary Topic
- History, Medicine, and Leadership
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation