Avoiding the obvious

On Avoiding Research into the Blindingly Obvious

Empirical research in certain areas of environmental design and behavioural studies is faced with a credibility dilemma. This is because its area of investigation overlaps with public and professional experience but does not formally or adequately acknowledge this experience in its methodology. As a consequence many research outcomes while evidence based can often be blindingly obvious. An atte...

Seeing Beyond the Obvious

Sarcoidosis: A Systemic Inflammatory Disease Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by the deposition of noncaseating granulomas in multiple organs, including the lungs, skin, central nervous system, and heart. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis is important because it confers a poorer prognosis, with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudde...

The obvious answer.

In his book titled “Everything Is Obvious. Once You Know the Answer”, Duncan Watts posits that what we value as worthwhile is often determined by chance. He cites the case of the famous painting Mona Lisa that is now considered among the world’s masterpieces, and hangs in a special place in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. For centuries, the Mona Lisa was of no particular interest, and was thought...

Missing the obvious.

Obvious Logical Inferences

A precise d e f i n i t i o n is g iven of a c lass of inferences in predicate log ic which it la proposed to I d e n t i f y w i t h the c lass of "obvious" In ferences. A mechanism fo r Implementing "obvious in ference" as a r u l e of Inference in proof checking systems is discussed.