When psychologists mislead us

In February 1912, noted scientist Arthur Woodward received an intriguing letter from Charles Dawson, a country lawyer with a growing reputation as an amateur geologist. Dawson told Woodward that he had found fossilised fragments of human skull in the flint beds of Piltdown near the south coast of England. The find looked pretty special. It was.

The skull of Piltdown

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When psychologists mislead us

In February 1912, noted scientist Arthur Woodward received an intriguing letter from Charles Dawson, a country lawyer with a growing reputation as an amateur geologist. Dawson told Woodward that he…

Tim Harford