The High Cost of Not Doing Experiments
We can pay dearly, in blood, treasure, and well-being, for experiments that aren’t done. In the nearly fifty years that Head Start has been in existence, we have spent $200 billion on it.
Richard Nisbett
Richard E. Nisbett is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why, Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count, and Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking.