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Thinking differently, acting alike

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Praj / 0 Comment

The goal of politics is not to get people to think alike. The goal of politics is to get people who think differently to act alike – Walter Lippmann IR...

Basic Research/Economics/Policy

More sloppy thinking on DOD-funded research

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Praj / 0 Comment

I’m sure that Matt Yglesias has forgotten more economics in the past hour than I will ever know. And yet, he believes that “if spending on military ...

Basic Research/Economics/Policy

Sloppy thinking on DOD-funded research

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Praj / 0 Comment

Several liberal bloggers protested the Times suggestion that cutting the Defense budget will reduce innovation. While some of their points are well-taken (the D...

Climate Change/Policy

Accepting climate science vs. climate policy

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Praj / 5 Comments

To continue musing why some people don’t’ accept climate science, I wonder if part of the blame lies with those of us who want legislative action. We̵...

Climate Change/Policy

The many dimensions of doubt

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

I’ll respond yet again to Paul Newall at the Galilean Library.  Paul asks:  “What, then, is the difference between someone who seizes on doubts to d...

Philosophy/Policy/Regulatory Science

Is science value-free?

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Praj / 3 Comments

Let me toss in a few thoughts on a debate that has been beaten to death, most famously during the science wars in the mid-1990’s.  Do scientific judgments...

Education/Policy

Does the U.S. produce too many scientists?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

Beryl Benderly’s recent piece about the alleged overproduction is getting some attention.  She’s blogged about this before, and Nature also ran some...

Policy

AAAS annual meeting

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

Sorry for the light posting recently.  I’ve been at the AAAS Annual Meeting.  It was easily the best conference I’ve every been to.  It was great to...

Policy

Caveats on cost-benefit analysis

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

My recent post on science and race should have had some caveats on the utility of cost-benefit analysis (CBA).  I’ll be the first to admit that it can be ...

Policy/Science and Sports

There is no science in team

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Praj / 6 Comments

In the dozens of science policy talks I’ve attended over the years (yes I know my life is interesting), I’ve noticed two very mixed messages that co...

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