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Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Susan A. Gelman and John Charvet

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

15692	People tend to be satisfied with shallow explanations [Gelman]
	Full Idea: People tend to be satisfied with rather shallow explanations.
	From: Susan A. Gelman (The Essential Child [2003], 06 'Is essentialism')
	A reaction: She cites some psychological research to support this. Pretty obvious really. I take the so-called 'scientific method' to be nothing more than ceasing to be satisfied with such shallowness.