Citation
Cole, Stephen R.; Chu, Haitao; Brookhart, M. Alan; & Edwards, Jessie K. (2017). Dogmatists Cannot Learn. Epidemiology, 28(2), e10-1. PMCID: PMC5285453Abstract
We wish to provide some rational in defense of the title of this comment. If we agree that adogmatist is one whose beliefs cannot be influenced by observations (i.e., data), and we
define learning as having your beliefs influenced by observations, then it follows that
dogmatists cannot learn. While this statement has been made previously ((1), page 47)(2),
we believe it is useful to expand on this point with a simple example. Indeed, some dangers
of dogmatism in epidemiology have been documented (e.g. (3)), and one does not have to
look far for trivial examples of dogmatic statements (4).
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000000587Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2017Journal Title
EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Cole, Stephen R.Chu, Haitao
Brookhart, M. Alan
Edwards, Jessie K.